SPHERE: A National Depression Project

Phillips, Nicole; Oldmeadow, Michael J; Krapivensky, Natalie

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04364.x

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To the Editor: The recent supplement by Hickie et al looking at the mental health of Australians attending general practice1 would have us believe that we are quite a mentally unwell nation indeed!

1 872 High Street, Armadale, VIC.
2 Monash University, Department of Medicine, The Alfred Hospital, Prahran, VIC.
3 601 Dandenong Road, Armadale, VIC.

Correspondence: ian.hickie@beyondblue.org.au

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