Cultural beliefs and mental health treatment preferences of ethnically diverse older adult consumers in primary care

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 533-542

  Jimenez, Daniel E ^a,b   Bartels, Stephen J ^a   Cardenas, Veronica ^c   Dhaliwal, Sanam S ^d   Alegría, Margarita ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental health beliefs; older adults; race ethnicity; treatment preferences

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; ETHNICITY; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 84861460646     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e318227f876     Document Type: Article

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