Assessment of mental health literacy using a multifaceted measure among a Chinese rural population

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Yu, Yu ^a   Liu, Zi Wei ^a   Hu, Mi ^a   Liu, Xi Guang ^a   Liu, Hui Ming ^a   Yang, Joyce P ^b   Zhou, Liang ^a   Xiao, Shui Yuan ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL FUNCTION ASSESSMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONNAIRE; MENTAL HEALTH LITERACY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945564791     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009054     Document Type: Article

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