Immigrant status, mental health need, and mental health service utilization among high-risk Hispanic and Asian Pacific Islander youth

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 139-152

  Gudiño, Omar G ^a   Lau, Anna S ^a   Hough, Richard L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Externalizing; Immigrant; Internalizing; Mental health services; Unmet need

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649121361     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10566-008-9056-4     Document Type: Article

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