Patterns of help-seeking behavior for anxiety disorders among the Chinese speaking Australian community

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 872-877

  Ho, Ka Po ^a   Hunt, Caroline ^a   Li, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Australia; Chinese immigrants; Help seeking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THERAPY DELAY;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 55349134849     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0387-0     Document Type: Article

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