Racism and mental health: The African American experience

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 243-268

  Williams, David R ^a   Williams Morris, Ruth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Ethnicity; Mental health; Race; Racism; Stress

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH; RACISM;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MENTAL HEALTH; NEGRO; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIETY; STEREOTYPY; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; PREJUDICE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033767815     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713667453     Document Type: Article

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