Racial differences in mental health service utilization among low-income women

Social Work in Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 89-105

  Rosen, Daniel ^a   Tolman, Richard M ^b   Warner, Lynn A ^c   Conner, Kyaien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Health service utilization; Low income women; Mental health; Mental health treatment; Outpatient services; Racial disparities

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC ACCESS; RACIAL DISPARITY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADDICTION; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SERVICE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; OUTPATIENT CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF HELP; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WELLBEING; ADOLESCENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; RACE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349170076     PISSN: 19371918     EISSN: 1937190X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19371910802151747     Document Type: Article

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