Racial and ethnic disparities in caregiver strain and the use of child mental health services: A structural equation model

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1039-1045

  Shin, Sunny Hyucksun ^a   Brown, Timothy A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

EID: 69149105467     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2009.60.8.1039     Document Type: Article

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