Associations of physical symptoms with perceived need for and use of mental health services among Latino and Asian Americans

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1128-1133

  Bauer, Amy M ^a   Chen, Chih Nan ^b   Alegría, Margarita ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Mental health; National Latino and Asian American study; Perceived need; Race; Service use; Somatization; USA

Indexed keywords

ASIAN IMMIGRANT; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LATINO PEOPLE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; RACIAL IDENTITY;

ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863529917     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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