Race and ethnicity and rural mental health treatment

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 662-677

  Petterson, Stephen ^a   Williams, Ishan Canty ^b   Hauenstein, Emily J ^b,c   Rovnyak, Virginia ^b   Merwin, Elizabeth ^b,d  

^a ROBERT GRAHAM CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c Southeastern Rural Mental Health Center   (United States)

^d Rural Health Care Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental health services; Mental health treatment; Race ethnicity; Rural

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349576205     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0186     Document Type: Article

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