Integrating psychiatry and primary care improves acceptability to mental health services among Chinese Americans

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 256-260

  Yeung, Albert ^a,b   Kung, Winnie W ^c   Chung, Henry ^d   Rubenstein, Grace ^a   Roffi, Pamela ^a   Mischoulon, David ^a   Fava, Maurizio ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b South Cove Community Health Center   (United States)

^c FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese Americans; Mental health services; Primary care; Treatment acceptability

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

CHINA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3242706138     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2004.03.008     Document Type: Article

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