Chinese-Australians' knowledge of depression and schizophrenia in the context of their under-utilization of mental health care: An analysis of labelling

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 464-478

  Klimidis, Steven ^a   Hsiao, Fei Hsiu ^b   Minas, Iraklis Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chinese; Depression; Ethnic minority groups; Explanatory models; Illness labels; Mental health literacy; Schizophrenia; Service utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; AUSTRALIA; CHINESE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 34548717755     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764007078357     Document Type: Article

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