Negative attitudes toward help seeking for mental illness in 2 population-based surveys from the United States and Canada

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 757-766

  Jagdeo, Amit ^a   Cox, Brian J ^b   Stein, Murray B ^c   Sareen, Jitender ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Departments of Psychiatry Psychology and Community Health Sciences   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Help seeking; Mental disorders; Mental illness; Negative attitudes; United States

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANADA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOPATHY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73449119603     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370905401106     Document Type: Article

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