Testing the proclaimed affordances of online support groups in a nationally representative sample of adults seeking mental health assistance

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 147-156

  DeAndrea, David C ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENTIALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF HELP; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENTIALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924904278     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2014.914606     Document Type: Article

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