Perceived Barriers to Mental Health Care for American Indian and Hispanic Veterans: ReportS by 100 VA Staff

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 516-530

  Westermeyer, Joseph ^a   Canive, Jose M ^b   Garrard, Judith ^c   Padilla, Eligio ^d   Crosby, Ross ^e   Thuras, Paul ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indians; barriers; ethnicity; mental health; veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; E-MAIL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPOTHESIS; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OPEN STUDY; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0037004430     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136346150203900408     Document Type: Article

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