Personal stigma and use of mental health services among people with depression in a general population in Finland

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Aromaa, Esa ^a   Tolvanen, Asko ^b   Tuulari, Jyrki ^c   Wahlbeck, Kristian ^a  

^a VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c South Ostrobothnia Hospital District   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREDICTION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL DISTANCE; STIGMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 79953191155     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-11-52     Document Type: Article

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