Migrants' mental health perceptions and barriers to receiving mental health services

Home Health Care Management and Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 176-185

  Dow, Helena D ^a  

^a Carlsbad   (United States)

Author keywords

barriers; coping mechanisms; culturally appropriate interventions; immigrants; mental health; mental health perceptions; mental illness; symptoms

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955123302     PISSN: 10848223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084822310390876     Document Type: Article

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