The predictors of treatment pathways to mental health services among consumers in Ghana

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 300-310

  Nartey, Anna Korley ^a   Badu, Eric ^b   Agyei Baffour, Peter ^c   Gyamfi, Naomi ^c   Opoku, Maxwell Preprah ^d   O'Brien, Anthony Paul ^e   Mitchell, Rebecca ^f  

^a Techiman Municipal Health Directorate Ghana Health Services   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e Griffith University Logan Campus University Drive Meadowbrook   (Australia)

^f MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

biomedical treatment; Ghana; mental health services; treatment pathways

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85060143798     PISSN: 00315990     EISSN: 17446163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ppc.12350     Document Type: Article

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