Factors affecting the utilization of specialty and general medical mental health services. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • This study compares the extent to which need, predisposing, and enabling factors affect the use of mental health services in the specialty and general medical health sectors during a 6-month period. Data are drawn from the first wave of interviews of the Epidemiological Catchment Area (ECA) project at the Yale University site. The results indicate that 1) in the general population, factors affecting use of the two sectors differ; 2) among those using any mental health services, factors affecting use of the two sectors differ; 3) indicators of need have the strongest relationships with utilization; and 4) the effects of predisposing and enabling factors are contingent upon the presence of need.

publication date

  • January 1, 1988

Research

keywords

  • Family Practice
  • Medicine
  • Mental Health Services
  • Specialization

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0023760791

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1097/00005650-198801000-00002

PubMed ID

  • 3336249

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 26

issue

  • 1