Depression literacy among Chinese in Shanghai, China: A comparison with Chinese-speaking Australians in Melbourne and Chinese in Hong Kong

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1235-1242

  Wong, Daniel Fu Keung ^a   Xuesong, He ^b   Poon, Ada ^c   Lam, Angus Yuk Kit ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Chinese Community Social Services Centre Inc ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinese; Chinese culture; Depression; Mental health literacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864916685     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-011-0430-4     Document Type: Article

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