Predictors of mental health service utilisation in a non-treatment seeking epidemiological sample of australian adults

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 511-521

  Mills, Vanessa ^a   Van Hooff, Miranda ^b   Baur, Jenelle ^b   McFarlane, Alexander C ^b  

^a Rose Park Psychology   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Childhood trauma; Mental health services; Predictors; Service utilisation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; DISASTER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISASTERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84866554271     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-011-9439-0     Document Type: Article

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