Treatment barriers for low-income, urban African Americans with undiagnosed posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 218-222

  Davis, Regina G ^a   Ressler, Kerry J ^a   Schwartz, Ann C ^a   Stephens, Kisha James ^b   Bradley, Rebekah G ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SEXUAL ABUSE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43249093144     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20313     Document Type: Article

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