Help-seeking, stigma and attitudes of people with and without a suicidal past. A comparison between a low and a high suicide rate country

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 178, Issue , 2015, Pages 5-11

  Reynders, Alexandre ^a   Kerkhof, Ad J F M ^b   Molenberghs, Geert ^c   Van Audenhove, Chantal ^a  

^a KU Leuven University   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cross national; Help seeking; Stigma; Suicidal past

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BELGIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SHAME; SOCIOECONOMICS; STIGMA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STIGMA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BELGIUM; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924679697     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2015.02.013     Document Type: Article

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