Determinants of care seeking for mental health problems in rural haiti: Culture, cost, or competency

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 366-372

  Wagenaar, Bradley H ^a   Kohrt, Brandon A ^b   Hagaman, Ashley K ^c   McLean, Kristen E ^d   Kaiser, Bonnie N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLERGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TRADITIONAL HEALER;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84875383963     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201200272     Document Type: Article

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