Between modern and traditional values: Informal mental health help-seeking attitudes according to Israeli Arab women, primary care patients and their providers

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 386-393

  Ayalon, Liat ^a   Karkabi, Khaled ^b,c   Bleichman, Igor ^b   Fleischmann, Silvia ^b   Goldfracht, Margalit ^c,d  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Department of Family Medicine Clalit Health Services   (United States)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d Medicine Section   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; depression; ethnic minorities; formal; informal; Israeli Arabs; mental health; Primary care; service use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ARAB; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ARABS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 84930387411     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764014549082     Document Type: Article

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