An initial exploration of what 'mental health' means to young black men

Journal of Men's Health and Gender

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 271-282

  Watkins, Daphne C ^a   Neighbors, Harold W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Center for Research on Ethnicity   (United States)

Author keywords

African American men; Attitudes; Black men; College students; Knowledge; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 34548290830     PISSN: 15718913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmhg.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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