Use of professional and informal support by Black men with mental disorders

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 328-336

  Woodward, Amanda Toler ^a   Taylor, Robert Joseph ^b   Chatters, Linda M ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

adults; Blacks; inferential statistics; men; mental health; narrative review; quantitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953751857     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731510388668     Document Type: Article

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