Identifying Effective Mental Health Interventions for American Indians and Alaska Natives: A Review of the Literature

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 356-363

  Gone, Joseph P ^a   Alcántara, Carmela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

evidence based practice; mental health interventions; Native Americans; treatment outcome studies

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35648978039     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.13.4.356     Document Type: Article

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