The effects of interviewer gender in mental health interviews

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 186, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 369-373

  Pollner, Melvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031841025     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-199806000-00008     Document Type: Article

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