“Thank you God”: ReligioN and recovery from dual diagnosis among low-income African Americans

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-104

  Whitley, Rob ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

African American; dual diagnosis; qualitative; recovery; religion

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSIS; DUAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; RELIGION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHRISTIANITY; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; POVERTY; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84857329764     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: 14617471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461511425099     Document Type: Article

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