A research agenda to improve the accessibility and quality of mental health care for Latinos

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1569-1573

  López, Steven Regeser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MINORITY GROUP; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036892925     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.53.12.1569     Document Type: Article

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