Stigma about depression and its impact on help-seeking intentions

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-54

  Barney, Lisa J ^a   Griffiths, Kathleen M ^a   Jorm, Anthony F ^a   Christensen, Helen ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Depression; Help seeking; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPECTATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STIGMA; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 33644782803     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2006.01741.x     Document Type: Article

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