Help-seeking tendencies in Asian Americans with suicidal ideation and attempts

Asian American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-38

  Chu, Joyce P ^a   Hsieh, Kun Yueh ^a   Tokars, Di Ann ^a  

^a PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; help seeking; Latinos; service utilization; suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953887385     PISSN: 19481985     EISSN: 19481993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023326     Document Type: Article

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