Mental health help-seeking intentions and preferences of rural Chinese adults

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Yu, Yu ^a   Liu, Zi Wei ^a   Hu, Mi ^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; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHINESE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CHINA; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953340404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141889     Document Type: Article

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