Pathways to mental health services among inhabitants of a Mexican village

Health and Social Work

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 249-261

  Salgado De Snyder, V Nelly ^a,d   Diaz Perez, Ma De Jesus ^a   Maldonado, Margarita ^b   Bautista, Elida M ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

^b Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Mental health; Mexicans; Migratory workers; Service utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL WORK;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0032196473     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/23.4.249     Document Type: Article

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