Barriers to mental health care and predictors of treatment dropout in the South African stress and health study

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 774-781

  Bruwer, Belinda ^a,b   Sorsdahl, Katherine ^c   Harrison, Judith ^d   Stein, Dan J ^c   Williams, David ^e,f   Seedat, Soraya ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Stikland Hospital   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

EID: 79960001530     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.62.7.pss6207_0774     Document Type: Article

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