Health beliefs and help seeking for depressive and anxiety disorders among urban Singaporean adults

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-108

  Ng, Tze Pin ^a   Jin, Ai Zhen ^a   Ho, Roger ^a   Chua, Hong Choon ^b   Fones, Calvin S L ^c   Lim, Leslie ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^c GLENEAGLES HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PREDICTION; SELF EVALUATION; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STIGMA; TRUST; URBAN AREA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGAPORE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 85047681242     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2008.59.1.105     Document Type: Article

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