Racial discrimination and mental health

Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 383-387

  McKenzie, Kwame ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African Caribbean; anxiety; depression; psychosis; racial discrimination; racism; social causation; stress

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RACISM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 33845352380     PISSN: 14761793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.mppsy.2006.08.002     Document Type: Review

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