Mental disorders and help seeking in a rural impoverished population

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-195

  Fox, Jeanne C ^a   Blank, Michael ^a   Berman, Jessica ^a   Rovnyak, Virginia G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Helping behavior; Mental disorders; Mental health; Mental health services; Poverty areas; Rural health services; Rural population

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RURAL AREA;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POVERTY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RURAL POPULATION; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0032748253     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/Y4KA-8XYC-KQWH-DUXN     Document Type: Article

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