Rural American Indians' Perspectives of Obstacles in the Mental Health Treatment Process in Three Treatment Sectors

Psychological Services

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-128

  Oetzel, John ^a   Duran, Bonnie ^b   Lucero, Julie ^b   Jiang, Yizhou ^a   Novins, Douglas K ^c   Manson, Spero ^c   Beals, Janette ^c   AI SUPERPFP Team, ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indians; mental health service utilization; obstacles to care

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350362231     PISSN: 15411559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1541-1559.3.2.117     Document Type: Article

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