Pragmatic help seeking: How sexual and gender minority groups access mental health care in a rural state

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 871-874

  Willging, Cathleen E ^a   Salvador, Melina ^a   Kano, Miria ^a  

^a Behavioral Health Research Center of the Southwest   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MINORITY GROUP; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF HELP; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 33744932984     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2006.57.6.871     Document Type: Article

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