Online Information Searches and Help Seeking for Mental Health Problems in Urban China

Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 535-545

  Chen, Juan ^a   Zhu, Shizhan ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Digital divide; Help seeking; Information search; Mental health; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CHINA; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEARCH ENGINE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HELP-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SEARCH ENGINE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929692516     PISSN: 0894587X     EISSN: 15733289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10488-015-0657-6     Document Type: Article

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