Self-reliance, mental health need, and the use of mental healthcare among island Puerto Ricans

Mental Health Services Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 131-140

  Ortega, Alexander N ^a   Alegría, Margarita ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Health services accessibility; Healthcare surveys; Knowledge; Mental health services; Patient acceptance of healthcare; Practice; Puerto Rico

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; PUERTO RICO; RANDOMIZATION; SELF HELP;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY AREAS; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 0036737421     PISSN: 15223434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019707012403     Document Type: Article

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