Perceptions of mental health and help-seeking behavior in an urban community in Vietnam: An explorative study

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 574-582

  Van Der Ham, Lia ^a   Wright, Pamela ^b   Van, Thang Vo ^c   Doan, Vuong D K ^c   Broerse, Jacqueline E W ^a  

^a ATHENA INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b Medical Committee Netherlands Vietnam   (Netherlands)

^c HUE UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Help seeking behavior; Mental health; Mental illness; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80054734908     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-011-9393-x     Document Type: Article

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