Patterns of treatment seeking behavior for mental illnesses in Southwest Ethiopia: A hospital based study

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Girma, Eshetu ^a   Tesfaye, Markos ^a  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Mental illness; Pathways to care; Treatment seeking

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPIRITUAL HEALING; THERAPY DELAY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREND STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 80052025292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-11-138     Document Type: Article

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