Reducing disparities in mental health care: Suggestions from the Dartmouth-Howard collaboration

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Carpenter Song, Elizabeth ^d   Whitley, Rob ^a   Lawson, William ^b   Quimby, Ernest ^c   Drake, Robert E ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

African American; Mental health disparities; Mental health services; Minority mental health

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MINORITY HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MINORITY HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952536267     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-009-9233-4     Document Type: Review

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