Pathways to psychiatric care of patients from rural regions: A general-hospital-based study.

Authors :: Li, Xuemei
Zhang, Weijun
Lin, Yan
Zhang, Xiulan
Qu, Zhiyong
Wang, Xiaohua
Zhang, Yurong
Xu, Huiwen
Zhao, Shuliang
Li, Yafang
Tian, Donghua
Source :: International Journal of Social Psychiatry; May2014, Vol. 60 Issue 3, p280-289, 10p
Publication Year :: 2014
Abstract: The article discusses a study regarding the characteristics of the help-seeking behaviors and pathways of people with physical and mental illness from rural regions of China. Topics discussed include documentation of 203 patients with mental disorders using the World Health Organization (WHO)'s pathway encounter form, the use of Mann-Whitney U test, and lack of awareness about treatment services with mental disorders.

Subjects :: MENTAL illness treatment
HEALTH services accessibility
INTERVIEWING
RESEARCH methodology
PROBABILITY theory
RESEARCH funding
RURAL conditions
U-statistics
SAMPLE size (Statistics)
PSYCHIATRIC treatment
DESCRIPTIVE statistics

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