Pathways to psychiatric care in urban north China: A general hospital based study

International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Weijun ^a   Li, Xuemei ^b   Lin, Yan ^a   Zhang, Xiulan ^a   Qu, Zhiyong ^a   Wang, Xiaohua ^a   Xu, Huiwen ^a   Jiao, Alvina ^c   Guo, Mengqi ^a   Zhang, Yurong ^a   Li, Yafang ^a   Tian, Donghua ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Help seeking pathways; Mental health professional; Patients with mental illness; Psychiatric care; Urban north China

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CHINA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NEURASTHENIA; NEUROSIS; ORGANIC PSYCHOSYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84883621560     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17524458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-4458-7-22     Document Type: Article

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