Are there racial differences in the experience of harmful or traumatic events within psychiatric settings?

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 101-115

  Cusack, Karen J ^a   Grubaugh, Anouk L ^b,c   Yim, Eunsil ^d   Knapp, Rebecca G ^d   Robins, Cynthia S ^e   Frueh, B Christopher ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e WESTAT   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital; Psychiatric patients; Racial differences; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAY CARE; DRUG UTILIZATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TEST; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34047131691     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: 15736709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11126-006-9031-x     Document Type: Article

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