Professional care seeking for mental health problems among women and men in Europe: the role of socioeconomic, family-related and mental health status factors in explaining gender differences

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1641-1653

  Buffel, V ^a   Van de Velde, S ^a   Bracke, P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cross national variation; Family characteristics; Gender differences; Primary and specialized mental health care use; Socioeconomic characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EUROPE; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; EUROPE; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84919330651     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: 14339285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-014-0879-z     Document Type: Article

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