Are self-referrers just the worried well? A cross-sectional study of self-referrers to community psycho-educational stress and self-confidence workshops

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 396-401

  Brown, June S L ^a   Boardman, Jed ^a   Elliott, Sandra A ^a   Howay, Elsa ^a   Morrison, Joanna ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Anxiety; Depression; Psycho educational; Public mental health; Unmet need

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; CONSULTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; RATING SCALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; ANXIETY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 19944423150     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-005-0896-z     Document Type: Article

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