Church-based support groups for African American families coping with mental illness: Outreach and outcomes

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 173-180

  Pickett Schenk, Susan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT INFORMATION; RELIGION; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0036763977     PISSN: 1095158X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2975/26.2002.173.180     Document Type: Article

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