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Research Article

Help-seeking for substance use, anxiety and affective disorders among young people: results from the 2007 Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing

(Research Fellow) , (Research Fellow) , (Professorial Fellow) & (Associate Professor)
Pages 729-735 | Received 11 Feb 2010, Accepted 16 Feb 2010, Published online: 19 Jul 2010

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