Barriers to treatment seeking for anxiety disorders: Initial data on the role of mental health literacy

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-71

  Coles, Meredith E ^a   Coleman, Shannon L ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC DISORDER; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75749084414     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20620     Document Type: Article

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