Single parent mothers and mental health care service use

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 236-242

  Cairney, John ^a,b   Wade, Terrance J ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Mental health care utilization; Single mothers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SINGLE PARENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE PARENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0036944790     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-002-0539-6     Document Type: Article

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