Who seeks treatment after a traumatic event and who does not? A review of findings on mental health service utilization

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 595-605

  Gavrilovic, Jelena Jankovic ^a   Schützwohl, Matthias ^b   Fazel, Mina ^c   Priebe, Stefan ^a,d  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWHAM CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; LIFE EVENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33645309664     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20068     Document Type: Review

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