Effects of client and therapist ethnicity and ethnic matching: A prospective naturalistic study of outpatient mental health treatment in Northern Norway

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 246-255

  Møllersen, Snefrid ^a   Sexton, Harold C ^b   Holte, Arne ^c  

^a Psychiatric Centre of Eastern Finnmark   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ethnic match; Ethnicity; Indigenous population; Outpatient mental health treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWAY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AMBULATORY CARE; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; POPULATION GROUPS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349571748     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480802576043     Document Type: Article

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