Psychoeducation to increase psychotherapy entry for older African Americans

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 554-561

  Alvidrez, Jennifer ^a,b   Areán, Patricia A ^a   Stewart, Anita L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCSF Department of Psychiatry   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD DISORDER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; STATISTICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD DISORDERS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 32944481842     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-200507000-00003     Document Type: Article

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