The beginnings of mental health disparities: Emergent mental disorders among indigenous adolescents

Nebraska Symposium on Motivation

Volumn 57, Issue , 2011, Pages 121-149

  Whitbeck, Les B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONDUCT DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ALASKA; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARENTING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855483247     PISSN: 01467875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7092-3_6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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