Stressors and barriers to using mental health services among diverse groups of first-generation immigrants to the United States

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 98-106

  Saechao, Fay ^a   Sharrock, Sally ^a   Reicherter, Daryn ^b   Livingston, James D ^a   Aylward, Alexandra ^b   Whisnant, Jill ^b   Koopman, Cheryl ^b   Kohli, Sarita ^a  

^a Center for Survivors of Torture   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Immigrant; Mental health services; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858864344     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-011-9419-4     Document Type: Article

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