Symptom recognition and help seeking for depression in young adults: A vignette study

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 495-505

  Klineberg, Emily ^a   Biddle, Lucy ^a   Donovan, Jenny ^a   Gunnell, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Help seeking; Illness behaviour; Young people

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956096984     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0214-2     Document Type: Article

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