Disability and health service utilization associated with psychological distress: The influence of ethnicity

Mental Health Services Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 171-179

  Boufous, Soufiane ^a   Silove, Derrik ^a   Bauman, Adrian ^b   Steel, Zachary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Disability; Distress; Ethnicity; Health services

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE EAST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 22844439343     PISSN: 15223434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11020-005-5785-2     Document Type: Article

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