title: A cross-cultural study of attitudes towards seeking psychological help.
abstract: Among 98 Asians and 78 Caucasian British subjects physicians' ratings of somatisising predicted patients with less positive attitudes towards psychotherapy. Whether a psychotherapist had been seen previously was also significant as was years lived in Great Britain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University College London.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Furnham
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Andrew
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D011613:Psychotherapy; D013997:Time Factors; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000208:ethnology