Perceptions of Mental Health Services among Low-Income, Perinatal African-American Women

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 314-319

  Leis, Julie A ^a   Mendelson, Tamar ^b   Perry, Deborah F ^c   Tandon, S Darius ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENTIALITY; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERINATAL CARE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79959607935     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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