Being examples to the flock: The role of church leaders and African American families seeking mental health care services

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-134

  Allen, Argie J ^a   Davey, Maureen P ^a   Davey, Adam ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American clergy; Black church leaders; Mental health care; Mental health disparties; Mental health seeking; Research partnership

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952880779     PISSN: 08922764     EISSN: 15733335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10591-009-9108-4     Document Type: Article

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