Barriers to mental health treatment: Results from the WHO World Mental Health surveys

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1303-1317

  Andrade, L H ^a   Alonso, J ^b   Mneimneh, Z ^c,d   Wells, J E ^e   Al Hamzawi, A ^f   Borges, G ^g   Bromet, E ^h   Bruffaerts, R ⁱ   De Girolamo, G ^j   De Graaf, R ^k   Florescu, S ^l   Gureje, O ^m   Hinkov, H R ⁿ   Hu, C ^o   Huang, Y ^p   Hwang, I ^q   Jin, R ^r   Karam, E G ^c   Kovess Masfety, V ^s   Levinson, D ^t   Matschinger, H ^u   O'Neill, S ^v   Posada Villa, J ^w   Sagar, R ^x   Sampson, N A ^q   Sasu, C ^y   Stein, D J ^z   Takeshima, T ^aa   Viana, M C ^ab   Xavier, M ^ac   Kessler, R C ^q   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^c SAINT GEORGE HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Lebanon)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AL QADISIYAH   (Iraq)

^g INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

^h STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^j IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^k NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^l NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Romania)

^m UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

ⁿ National Center of Social Health and Analyses   (Bulgaria)

^o SHENZHEN KANGNING HOSPITAL   (China)

^p PEKING UNIVERSITY SIXTH HOSPITAL   (China)

^q HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^r HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^t MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^u UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^v UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^w PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^x ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^y Scoala Nationala de Sanatate Publica   (Romania)

^z UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^aa NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^ab FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^ac NOVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Portugal)

more..

Author keywords

Continuity; mental health care; treatment seeking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84914160538     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291713001943     Document Type: Article

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