Reach out and i'll be there: Mental health crisis intervention and mobile outreach services to urban African Americans

Health and Social Work

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 74-78

  Cornelius, Llewellyn J ^a   Simpson, Gaynell M ^b   Ting, Laura ^a   Wiggins, Edgar ^c   Lipford, Sharon ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

^c Baltimore Crisis Response Inc   (United States)

^d Baltimore Co Dept of Social Serv   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AWARENESS; CRISIS INTERVENTION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; URBAN AREA; ARTICLE; HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BALTIMORE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CRISIS INTERVENTION; HUMANS; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHIATRIC; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0037313534     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/28.1.74     Document Type: Review

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