Racial differences in attitudes toward professional mental health treatment: The mediating effect of Stigma

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 695-712

  Conner, Kyaien O ^a   Koeske, Gary ^b   Brown, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Mental illness; Race; Stigma

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PENNSYLVANIA; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 71449114445     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01634370902914372     Document Type: Article

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