Suicide among African Americans: Reflections and a call to action

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 353-375

  Gary, Faye A ^a   Yarandi, Hossein N ^a   Scruggs, Floydette C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b School of Public Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDE; THEORY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038348616     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840305274     Document Type: Review

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