Help-seeking for depression: The role of beliefs, attitudes and mood

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 541-554

  Sherwood, Carole ^a   Salkovskis, Paul M ^b   Rimes, Katharine A ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Beliefs; Depression; Help seeking; Mood

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAPSE; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 35548948116     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: 14691833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1352465807003815     Document Type: Article

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