Reflections on the Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health, Culture, Race, and Ethnicity

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 419-434

  López, Steven Regeser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Mental health; Mental health care; Minorities

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCUMENTATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY LIFE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MINORITY GROUP; PEER REVIEW; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RACE; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURGEON; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MINORITY GROUPS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES;

EID: 12144287175     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MEDI.0000005481.20765.a2     Document Type: Review

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