Mental‐Health Help‐Seeking Among Muslims in the Liverpool City Region: A System‐Informed Qualitative Study of Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices.
Background: Muslims in United Kingdom (UK) minority contexts remain underrepresented in mental health research, despite evidence of unequal access and experience. In deprived and superdiverse settings such as the Liverpool City Region (LCR), culturally unsafe encounters, low service literacy and sti...
| Publicado en: | Health Expectations Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 1 - 13 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Apr2026
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