Mental health service use among South Africans for mood, anxiety and substance use disorders

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 346-352

  Seedat, Soraya ^a   Williams, David R ^b   Herman, Allen A ^c   Moomal, Hashim ^d   Williams, Stacey L ^e   Jackson, Pamela B ^f   Myes, Laudon ^g   Stein, Dan J ^g  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d African Public Health Initiatives   (South Africa)

^e EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMPOSITE INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; AGED; CAUCASIAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; INDIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 67651230541     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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