Changes in racial-ethnic disparities in use and adequacy of mental health care in the United States, 1990-2003

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 531-540

  Ault Brutus, Andrea Alexis ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MOOD DISORDER; PATIENT CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861842712     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201000397     Document Type: Article

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