Evaluating Treatment Outcomes for African American and White Clients Receiving Treatment at a Community Mental Health Agency in the Rural South

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 137-146

  Larrison, Christopher R ^a   Schoppelrey, Susan L ^a   Nowak, Maria Goerecki ^a   Brantley, J Frank ^b   Leonard, Meg ^b   Crooke, David ^b   Barrett, David ^b   McCollum, Andy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Ogeechee Behavioral Health Services

^c E Ctrl Regn MH/DD/A/DPB ^*

Author keywords

Community mental health centers; Mental health; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 2042535316     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731503257874     Document Type: Article

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