Mental health disparities

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1962-1966

  Safran, Marc A ^a,b   Mays Jr , Robert A ^c   Huang, Larke Nahme ^d   McCuan, Ron ^b,e   Pham, Phuong Kim ^c   Fisher, Sylvia Kay ^d   McDuffie, Kathleen Y ^a,b   Trachtenberg, Alan ^f  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b U S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^e National Institute for Corrections   (United States)

^f INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; OBESITY; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PRISONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349907174     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.167346     Document Type: Review

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