The influence of race and ethnicity on psychiatric diagnoses and clinical characteristics of children and adolescents in children's services

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-25

  Nguyen, Ly ^a,d   Huang, Larke N ^b   Arganza, Girlyn F ^c   Liao, Qinghong ^d,e  

^a MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ORC Macro ^*  (United States)

^e Center for Mental Health Services National Evaluation Team   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral disorders; Children; Diagnosis; Psychopathology; Racial and ethnic differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DYSTHYMIA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENDER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33846197920     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.13.1.18     Document Type: Article

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