Help-seeking behaviour regarding mental health problems of Mediterranean migrants in the Netherlands: Familiarity with care, consultation attitude and use of services

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 372-382

  Knipscheer, Jeroen W ^a   Kleber, Rolf J ^a,b,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Institute for Psychotrauma   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONSULTATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIGRATION; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TURKEY;

EID: 29644438351     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764005060853     Document Type: Article

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