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Distress levels and self-reported treatment rates for medicine, law, psychology and mechanical engineering tertiary students: cross-sectional study

Catherine M. Leahy Medicine Learning and Teaching Unit, University of Adelaide, South Australia; School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy, University of South Australia, c/o Spencer Gulf Rural Health School, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, South AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ray F. Peterson Centre for Medical Education, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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Ian G. Wilson Medical Education Unit, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Jonathan W. Newbury Spencer Gulf Rural Health School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
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Anne L. Tonkin Medicine Learning and Teaching Unit, University of Adelaide, South Australia
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Deborah Turnbull School of Psychology, University of Adelaide, South Australia
Pages 608-615 | Received 25 Nov 2009, Accepted 21 Jan 2010, Published online: 21 Jun 2010

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