The robustness of the gender effect on help seeking for mental health needs in three subcultures in Israel

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 337-344

  Levinson, Daphna ^a   Ifrah, Anneke ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Gender; Mental health services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; USSR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ARABS; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; USSR;

EID: 77949389993     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-009-0079-4     Document Type: Article

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