Mental health literacy: Public knowledge and beliefs about mental disorders, The British Journal of Psychiatry (2000) 177: 396-401 Abstract: Background Although the benefits of public knowledge of physical diseases are widely accepted, knowledge about mental disorders (mental health literacy) has been comparatively neglected. Aims To introduce the concept of mental health literacy to a wider [...]
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Suicide , The Lancet, Volume 373, Issue 9672, April 2009, Pages 1372-1381 Prof. Keith Hawton – Centre for Suicide Research, University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK Abstract: Suicide receives increasing attention worldwide, with many countries developing national strategies for prevention. Rates of suicide vary greatly between countries, with the greatest burdens in developing [...]
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