What stops us from healing the healers: A survey of help-seeking behaviour, stigmatisation and depression within the medical profession

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 359-370

  Adams, Elizabeth F M ^a   Lee, Alison J ^b   Pritchard, Colin W ^c   White, Rupert J E ^d  

^a Mount Gould Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b TORBAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d Tolvean House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attitudes; depression; doctors; help seeking; stigmatisation

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; DEPRESSION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SELF MEDICATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER MOBILITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ENGLAND; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN IMPAIRMENT; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PREJUDICE; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SELF MEDICATION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77954934286     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764008099123     Document Type: Article

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