Help-seeking behaviors among Chinese Americans with depressive symptoms

Social Work (United States)

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-71

  Leung, Patrick ^a   Cheung, Monit ^a   Tsui, Venus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Anxiety disorder; Asian immigrants; Domestic violence; Help seeking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHINA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866950337     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/swr009     Document Type: Article

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