Help-seeking by rural residents for mental health problems: The importance of agrarian values

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 769-776

  Judd, Fiona ^a   Jackson, Henry ^b   Komiti, Angela ^b   Murray, Greg ^c   Fraser, Caitlin ^a   Grieve, Aaron ^d   Gomez, Rapson ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitude; Help seeking; Mental; Rural; Stoicism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL VALUE; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SAMPLE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIGMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33746658176     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2006.01882.x     Document Type: Article

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