Women's help-seeking patterns for depression

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-34

  Van Hook, Mary P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black women; Depression; Latino women; Primary care; Violence; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0032791482     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v29n01_02     Document Type: Article

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