"I'm not one of them": Barriers to help-seeking among American Indians with alcohol dependence

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 352-362

  Venner, Kamilla L ^a   Greenfield, Brenna L ^a   Vicuña, Belinda ^a   Muñoz, Rosa ^a   Bhatt, S ^a   O'Keefe, Victoria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; American Indian Alaska Native; Barriers; Native American; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; RELIGION; AGED; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INFORMATION SEEKING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872247298     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029757     Document Type: Article

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