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‘Unmet need’ and ‘met un-need’ in mental health services: artefacts of a categorical view of mental health problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2017

A. F. Jorm
A. F. Jorm*
Affiliation:
Centre for Mental Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Australia
*
Address for correspondence: Professor A. Jorm, Centre for Mental Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia. (Email: [email protected])
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Keywords

Community mental healthhealth service researchpopulation surveypsychiatric services
Type
Commentary to Special Article
Information
Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences , Volume 26 , Issue 6 , December 2017 , pp. 607 - 608
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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