Does anonymity increase the reporting of mental health symptoms?

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Fear, Nicola T ^a   Seddon, Rachel ^a   Jones, Norman ^a   Greenberg, Neil ^a   Wessely, Simon ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anonymity; Barriers to care; Mental health; Military; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WAR;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 - 2011; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MILITARY PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL STIGMA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84866162533     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-797     Document Type: Article

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