Children of farm laborers: Utilization of services for mental health problems

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 327-340

  Martin, Sandra L ^a   Kupersmidt, Janis B ^b   Harter, Kristina S M ^b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONSULTATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MINIMAL BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; PHYSICIAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RELIGION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0029994541     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02249451     Document Type: Article

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