Help-Seeking behaviour of patients attending the psychiatric service in a sample of United Arab Emirates population

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-148

  Salem, Mohamed Omar ^a   Saleh, Bader ^b   Yousef, Said ^a   Sabri, Sufyan ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Arab Board in Psychiatry   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Faith healers; Help seeking; Herbal treatment; Prayer; Psychiatric illness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61749088863     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764008093373     Document Type: Article

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