Preference, need and utilization of mental health services, Singapore National Mental Health Survey.
Objective: To ascertain the extent of the community's preference, needs for and utilization of mental health services, and their socio-demographic determinants in the multi-ethnic Asian community in Singapore. The extent to which need, enabling and predisposing factors determine the likelihood to se...
| Publicado en: | Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry Vol. 37; no. 5; pp. 613 - 620 |
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| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Oct2003
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