Non-professional-help-seeking among young people with depression: A qualitative study

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Martínez Hernáez, Angel ^a   DiGiacomo, Susan M ^a,b   Carceller Maicas, Natàlia ^a   Correa Urquiza, Martín ^a   Martorell Poveda, María A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899987328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-14-124     Document Type: Article

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