Examining Perceptions About Mental Health Care and Help-Seeking Among Rural African American Families of Adolescents

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1118-1131

  Murry, Velma McBride ^a   Heflinger, Craig Anne ^a   Suiter, Sarah V ^a   Brody, Gene H ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Family; Help seeking; Mental health; Rural; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CULTURE; FAMILY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 79960652065     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-010-9627-1     Document Type: Article

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