Attitudes that determine willingness to seek psychiatric help for depression: A representative population survey applying the theory of planned behaviour

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1855-1865

  Schomerus, G ^a   Matschinger, H ^b   Angermeyer, M C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c Centre for Public Mental Health   (Austria)

Author keywords

Help seeking; Intention; Mental illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SYMPTOM; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449673048     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291709005832     Document Type: Article

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