Federal civil rights policy and mental health treatment access for persons with limited English proficiency

American Psychologist

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-117

  Snowden, Lonnie R ^a   Masland, Mary ^a   Guerrero, Rachel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to care; Language access; Limited English proficiency; Minority; Treatment disparities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIVIL RIGHTS; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MINORITY GROUP; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

CIVIL RIGHTS; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MINORITY GROUPS; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847350811     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.62.2.109     Document Type: Article

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