The importance of social context: Neighborhood stressors, stress-buffering mechanisms, and alcohol, drug, and mental health disorders

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1867-1881

  Stockdale, Susan E ^a   Wells, Kenneth B ^a,b   Tang, Lingqi ^a   Belin, Thomas R ^c   Zhang, Lily ^a   Sherbourne, Cathy D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental health; Neighborhood effects; Social support; Stress; Substance abuse; USA

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

DRUG USER; HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; SOCIAL SECURITY;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL STRESS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CRIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34848916068     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.05.045     Document Type: Article

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