Attitudes to the seeking of psychiatric help from mental health care professionals and actually seeking help: Differences in Europe;Attituden aangaande zoeken van professionele hulp voor psychische problemen en werkelijk hulpzoekgedrag: Verschillen in Europa

Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 205-217

  Ten Have, M ^a   De Graaf, R ^a   Ormel, J ^b   Vilagut, G ^c,d   Kovess, V ^e   Alonso, J ^c,d  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e Universiteit Van Parijs   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Mental health care; Publics opinion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSULTATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRY; PUBLIC OPINION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951280590     PISSN: 03037339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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