Mental health service utilization for psychiatric disorders among Latinos living in the United States: The role of ethnic subgroup, ethnic identity, and language/social preferences

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 383-394

  Keyes, K M ^a,b   Martins, S S ^c   Hatzenbuehler, M L ^d   Blanco, C ^a,e   Bates, L M ^b   Hasin, Deborah S ^a,b,e  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic identity; Hispanic; Mental health; Service use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862675407     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0323-y     Document Type: Article

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