Pathways to the first contact with specialist mental health care

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 347-354

  Steel, Zachary ^a   McDonald, Robert ^b   Silove, Derrick ^a   Bauman, Adrian ^c   Sandford, Phil ^b   Herron, Jennifer ^b   Minas, I Harry ^d  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CUMBERLAND HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Help seeking behaviour; Mental health; Pathways to care; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOM;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645080668     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2006.01801.x     Document Type: Article

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