Barriers to mental health care utilization for U.S. Cambodian refugees

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1116-1120

  Wong, Eunice C ^a   Marshall, Grant N ^a   Schell, Terry L ^a   Elliott, Marc N ^a   Hambarsoomians, Katrin ^a   Chun, Chi Ah ^b   Berthold, S Megan ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Barriers; Cambodian refugees; Mental health; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROBABILITY; REFUGEE; SAMPLE SIZE;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CAMBODIA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; REFUGEES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 33845616360     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.74.6.1116     Document Type: Article

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