Influence of gender, sexual orientation, and need on treatment utilization for substance use and mental disorders: Findings from the California Quality of Life Survey

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Grella, Christine E ^a   Greenwell, Lisa ^a   Mays, Vickie M ^b,c   Cochran, Susan D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MINORITY GROUP; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMOSEXUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; SEXUALITY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 69849100711     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-9-52     Document Type: Article

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