Barriers to the Treatment of Mental Illness in Primary Care Clinics in Israel

Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 231-240

  Ayalon, Liat ^a   Karkabi, Khaled ^b,c   Bleichman, Igor ^b   Fleischmann, Silvia ^b   Goldfracht, Margalit ^b,c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anti anxiety; Anti depressants; Anxiety; Depression; Integrated care; Physicians; Primary care; Psychotherapy; Psychotropic

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84957942041     PISSN: 0894587X     EISSN: 15733289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10488-015-0634-0     Document Type: Article

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