“It has not occurred to me to see a doctor for that kind of feeling”: a qualitative study of Filipina immigrants’ perceptions of help seeking for mental health problems

Abstract Background Immigrant women face greater barriers to health care, especially mental health care, than non-immigrant women. However, immigrants are a heterogeneous group and bring with them a range of different personal, social, cultural and economic factors, which impact both mental health a...

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Main Authors: Melanie L. Straiton, Heloise Marie L. Ledesma, Tam T. Donnelly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:BMC Women's Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12905-018-0561-9