Mental health service use by young people: The role of caregiver characteristics

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Gronholm, Petra C ^a   Ford, Tamsin ^b   Roberts, Ruth E ^a   Thornicroft, Graham ^a   Laurens, Kristin R ^a,c,d   Evans Lacko, Sara ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d Schizophrenia Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STIGMA; UNITED KINGDOM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84926361756     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120004     Document Type: Article

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