Stigma- and non-stigma-related treatment barriers to mental healthcare reported by service users and caregivers

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 228, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 612-619

  Dockery, Lisa ^a,b   Jeffery, Debra ^a   Schauman, Oliver ^a   Williams, Paul ^a   Farrelly, Simone ^a   Bonnington, Oliver ^a   Gabbidon, Jheanell ^a   Lassman, Francesca ^a   Szmukler, George ^a   Thornicroft, Graham ^a   Clement, Sarah ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barrier; Caregiver; Delay; Help seeking; Mental health; Stigma; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BLACK PERSON; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NON STIGMA RELATED TREATMENT BARRIER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STIGMA; STIGMA RELATED TREATMENT BARRIER; ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84938744379     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2015.05.044     Document Type: Article

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