Mental health treatment fearfulness and help-seeking

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 662-669

  Zartaloudi, Aphroditi ^a   Madianos, Michael G ^b  

^a SISMANOGLIO HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956944300     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2010.490929     Document Type: Article

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