Service Use and Unmet Needs for Substance Use and Mental Disorders in Canada

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 551-559

  Urbanoski, Karen ^a,b   Inglis, Dakota ^a   Veldhuizen, Scott ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

anxiety disorders; comorbidity; mood disorders; perceived need; service use; specialist mental health care; substance use disorders; unmet need

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85026855451     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0706743717714467     Document Type: Article

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