Perceived barriers to mental health treatment in metropolitan China

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1260-1262

  Lee, Sing ^a   Guo, Wan Jun ^b   Tsang, Adley ^b   He, Yan Ling ^c   Huang, Yue Qin ^d   Liu, Zhao Rui ^d   Zhang, Ming Yuan ^c   Shen, Yu Cun ^d   Kessler, Ronald C ^e  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY SIXTH HOSPITAL   (China)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION;

EID: 79953122826     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2010.61.12.1260     Document Type: Article

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