Explaining mental health treatment disparities: Ethnic and cultural differences in family involvement

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 389-402

  Snowden, Lonnie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic minorities; Family; Mental health services; Severe mental illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AMBULATORY CARE; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MINORITY GROUPS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 35648992053     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: 1573076X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11013-007-9057-z     Document Type: Article

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