Recognition and treatment of depression: A comparison of Australian and Chinese medical students

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 636-642

  Rong, Ye ^a   Luscombe, Georgina M ^a   Davenport, Tracey A ^a   Huang, Yueqin ^b   Glozier, Nick ^a   Hickie, Ian B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY SIXTH HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Depression; Help seeking; Knowledge; Treatment

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO LIFE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SLEEP DISORDER; STEREOTYPY; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOM;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 68349114800     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0471-5     Document Type: Article

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