Attitudes toward help-seeking and duration of untreated mental disorders in a sectorized athens area of Greece

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 583-593

  Madianos, Michael G ^a   Zartaloudi, Aphroditi ^b   Alevizopoulos, George ^a   Katostaras, Theofanis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b SISMANOGLIO HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Community mental health; Delays; Opinions; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054761614     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-011-9404-y     Document Type: Article

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