Whom to ask for help in case of a mental disorder? Preferences of the lay public

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 202-210

  Angermeyer, M C ^a   Matschinger, H ^a   Riedel Heller, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PUBLIC OPINION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 0033041725     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001270050134     Document Type: Article

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