An empirically supported and culturally specific engagement and intervention strategy for African American adolescent males

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 215-225

  Liddle, Howard A ^a   Jackson Gilfort, April ^a   Marvel, Françoise A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMAN; JUVENILE; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MUSIC THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CULTURE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33745006139     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.75.2.215     Document Type: Review

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