Behaviour of medical students in seeking mental and physical health care: Exploration and comparison with psychology students

Medical Education

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 74-83

  Brimstone, Renee ^b   Thistlethwaite, Jill E ^a   Quirk, Frances ^b  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

*health status; *mental health; *patient acceptance of health care; *students, medical; Clinical medicine *education; Comparative study; Humans; Psychology *education

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SYMPTOM; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENTS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 33845799605     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02649.x     Document Type: Article

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