Geriatric mental health clinicians' perceptions of barriers and contributors to retention of older minorities in treatment: An exploratory study

Clinical Gerontologist

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 3-25

  Choi, Namkee G ^a   Gonzalez, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dropout; Mental health treatment; Minorities; Older adults; Retention

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT EDUCATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SHAME; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 21644473179     PISSN: 07317115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J018v28n03_02     Document Type: Article

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