Role of referrals in mental health service disparities for racial and ethnic minority youth

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 703-711.e2

  Alegría, Margarita ^a,b   Lin, Julia Y ^c   Green, Jennifer Greif ^d   Sampson, Nancy A ^b   Gruber, Michael J ^b   Kessler, Ronald C ^b  

^a CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

disparities; ethnic; minority; referral; services

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONDUCT DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSTHYMIA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MINORITY GROUP; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84862670922     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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