Labels used by young people to describe mental disorders: Which ones predict effective help-seeking choices?

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 917-926

  Wright, Annemarie ^a   Jorm, Anthony F ^a   MacKinnon, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Help seeking; Labelling; Psychosis; Social phobia; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF HELP; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863720644     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-011-0399-z     Document Type: Article

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