Therapist effects on disparities experienced by minorities receiving services for mental illness

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 727-736

  Larrison, Christopher R ^a   Schoppelrey, Susan L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b RADFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

community mental health agencies; multilevel modeling; outcome disparities; racial disparities; therapist effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054728020     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731511410989     Document Type: Article

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