Gender and self-reported mental health problems: Predictors of help seeking from a general practitioner

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 213-228

  Tedstone Doherty, D ^a   Kartalova O'Doherty, Y ^a  

^a HEALTH RESEARCH BOARD   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149161003     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910709X457423     Document Type: Article

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