Acceptability of psychological treatment to Chinese- and Caucasian-Australians: Internet treatment reduces barriers but face-to-face care is preferred

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 77-87

  Choi, Isabella ^a   Sharpe, Louise ^a   Li, Stephen ^b   Hunt, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Australian; Chinese; Internet treatment for depression; Perceived barriers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUSTRALIA; CAUCASIAN; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL STIGMA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL STIGMA; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84943369168     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-014-0921-1     Document Type: Article

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