Reasons for not seeking general medical care among individuals with serious mental illness

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 818-821

  Mojtabai, Ramin ^a,b   Cullen, Bernadette ^a,b   Everett, Anita ^a,b   Nugent, Katie L ^a   Sawa, Akira ^a,b   Sharifi, Vandad ^a   Takayanagi, Yoichiro ^a   Toroney, Jaimie S ^a   Eaton, William W ^a  

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

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIPOLAR DISORDER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84901914250     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201300348     Document Type: Article

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