Health beliefs and perceived need for mental health care of anxiety and depression-The patients' perspective explored

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1038-1058

  Prins, Marijn A ^a   Verhaak, Peter F M ^a   Bensing, Jozien M ^a,b   van der Meer, Klaas ^c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Beliefs; Depression; Illness representations; Mental health care; Perceived needs

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADDICTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COOPERATION; COUNSELING; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; METHODOLOGY; MINORITY GROUP; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 45049085982     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2008.02.009     Document Type: Review

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