Mental health and substance abuse characteristics among a clinical sample of Urban American Indian/Alaska Native youths in a large California metropolitan area: A descriptive study

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-62

  Dickerson, Daniel L ^a,b   Johnson, Carrie L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b United American Indian Involvement Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indians; Mental health; Native Americans; Substance abuse; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858866374     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-010-9368-3     Document Type: Article

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