African American Caretakers' Views of ADHD and Use of Outpatient Mental Health Care Services for Children

Families, Systems and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 447-458

  Mychailyszyn, Matthew P ^a   dosReis, Susan ^b   Myers, Mary Anne ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WESTAT   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; children; mental health services; parental perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 58249128176     PISSN: 10917527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1091-7527.26.4.447     Document Type: Article

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