'What help can you get talking to somebody?' Explaining class differences in the use of talking treatments

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 531-548

  Holman, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; Culture; Habitus; Health inequalities; Mental illness; Social class; Talking treatments

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESSES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84900856345     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12082     Document Type: Article

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