Strategies to improve minority access to public mental health services in California: Description and preliminary evaluation

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 225-235

  Snowden, Lonnie ^a   Masland, Mary ^a   Ma, Yifei ^a   Ciemens, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33644769149     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: 15206629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcop.20092     Document Type: Review

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