Sociodemographic, perceived and objective need indicators of mental health treatment use and treatment-seeking intentions among primary care medical patients

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 165, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 145-153

  Elhai, Jon D ^a   Voorhees, Summer ^a   Ford, Julian D ^b   Min, Kyeong Sam ^c   Frueh, B Christopher ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

Health services research; Mental health services; Primary health care; Treatment utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SICK ROLE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57649210216     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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