The gender gap in mental health service use

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1089-1095

  Pattyn, E ^a   Verhaeghe, M ^b   Bracke, P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Katho University College   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gender; Help seeking; Mental illness; Role conflict; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF CARE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930824037     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-015-1038-x     Document Type: Article

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