Access to primary mental health care for hard-to-reach groups: From 'silent suffering' to 'making it work'

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 763-772

  Kovandžić, Marija ^a   Chew Graham, Carolyn ^b   Reeve, Joanne ^b   Edwards, Suzanne ^a   Peters, Sarah ^b   Edge, Dawn ^b   Aseem, Saadia ^b   Gask, Linda ^b   Dowrick, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access; Hard to reach groups; Mental health; Primary care; UK

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA SYNTHESIS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOLISTIC CARE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SICK LEAVE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79952005348     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.11.027     Document Type: Article

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