Help seeking by immigrant Indochinese psychiatric patients in Sydney, Australia

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 993-995

  Lam, Anthony P ^a,b   Kavanagh, David J ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Department of Psychology ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHINESE; COMMUNITY CARE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0029764701     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.47.9.993     Document Type: Article

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