Race-ethnicity as a predictor of attitudes toward mental health treatment seeking

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1336-1341

  Shim, Ruth S ^a   Compton, Michael T ^b   Rust, George ^a   Druss, Benjamin G ^c   Kaslow, Nadine J ^b  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 70350066780     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2009.60.10.1336     Document Type: Article

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