Underserved women in a women's health clinic describe their experiences of depressive symptoms and why they have low uptake of psychotherapy

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-60

  Poleshuck, Ellen L ^a   Cerrito, Beth ^a   Leshoure, Nicole ^b   Finocan Kaag, Gillian ^c,d   Kearney, Margaret H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Carolina Outreach LLC   (United States)

^d St Anthony's Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Depression; Engagement; Poverty; Psychotherapy; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POVERTY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872597719     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-012-9500-7     Document Type: Article

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