Factors associated with mental health service use in Latino and Asian immigrant elders

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 535-542

  Kim, Giyeon ^a   Jang, Yuri ^b   Chiriboga, David A ^b   Ma, Grace X ^c   Schonfeld, Lawrence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian; immigrants; Latino; mental health service use; self rated mental health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954444480     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860903311758     Document Type: Article

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