General practice and mental health care: Determinants of outpatient service use

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 468-476

  Vasiliadis, Helen Maria ^a,b   Tempier, Raymond ^c   Lesage, Alain ^d,e   Kates, Nick ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL CHARLES LEMOYNE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

General practice; Mental health service use; Mental health specialty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PANIC; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 70249085271     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370905400708     Document Type: Article

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