Disproportionate use of psychiatric emergency services by African Americans

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1664-1671

  Snowden, Lonnie R ^a   Catalano, Ray ^a   Shumway, Martha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; COMMUNITY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW;

EID: 71549142889     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2009.60.12.1664     Document Type: Review

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