Attitudes toward mental health services in hispanic older adults: The role of misconceptions and personal beliefs

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 164-170

  Jang, Yuri ^a   Chiriboga, David A ^a   Herrera, Julio R ^a   Martinez Tyson, Dinorah ^a   Schonfeld, Lawrence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward mental health services; Hispanics; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 79955563416     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-009-9274-8     Document Type: Article

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