Unmet needs and treatment seeking in high users of mental health services: Role of illness perceptions

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-153

  Broadbent, Elizabeth ^a   Kydd, Robert ^a   Sanders, Deanna ^a   Vanderpyl, Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Division of Medicine Emergency and Integrated Care   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Mental health services; Mentally ill persons; Needs assessment; Perception; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AUTOREGULATION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONSULTATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 38349091341     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670701787503     Document Type: Article

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