Development and psychometric properties the Barriers to Access to Care Evaluation scale (BACE) related to people with mental ill health

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Clement, Sarah ^a   Brohan, Elaine ^a   Jeffery, Debra ^a   Henderson, Claire ^a   Hatch, Stephani L ^a   Thornicroft, Graham ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access; Barriers to care; Health care seeking; Measure; Psychometric; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRIERS TO ACCESS TO CARE EVALUATION SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNALISED STIGMA OF MENTAL ILLNESS SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; STIGMA SCALE FOR RECEIVING PSYCHOLOGICAL HELP; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; ADOLESCENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STIGMA; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84862168815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-12-36     Document Type: Article

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