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

CONCLUSION: The subjects first seek the help of various sources before attending PLAGH due to a lack of awareness of the treatment services and the fear of the stigma associated with mental disorders. The primary care, even the local general hospital, did not act as a gatekeeper to psychiatric services.
PMID: 23704113 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - May 23, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Li X, Zhang W, Lin Y, Zhang X, Qu Z, Wang X, Zhang Y, Xu H, Zhao S, Li Y, Tian D Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: research