Factors associated with help-seeking behaviors in Mexican older individuals with depressive symptoms: A cross-sectional study

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1260-1269

  Pérez Zepeda, Mario Ulises ^a   Arango Lopera, Victoria Eugenia ^a   Wagner, Fernando A ^b   Gallo, Joseph J ^c   Sánchez García, Sergio ^d   Juárez Cedillo, Teresa ^d   García Peña, Carmen ^d  

^a SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

^b MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

help seeking; late life depression care; late life depressive symptoms; mental health services

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MEXICO; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SHORT ANXIETY SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL SECURITY;

HELP SEEKING; LATE LIFE DEPRESSION CARE; LATE LIFE DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84887214169     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.3953     Document Type: Article

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