Use of mental health services and complementary and alternative medicine in persons with common mental disorders

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-80

  Wahlstrom M ^a   Sihvo, S ^a,b   Haukkala, A ^a   Kiviruusu, O ^b   Pirkola, S ^a,b,c   Isometsa E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Mental disorders; Population based survey

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MASSAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PANIC; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEXOLOGY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 45149096571     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2008.01192.x     Document Type: Article

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