African american families' expectations and intentions for mental health services

Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 371-383

  Thompson, Richard ^a   Dancy, Barbara L ^b   Wiley, Tisha R A ^a   Najdowski, Cynthia J ^b   Perry, Sylvia P ^c   Wallis, Jason ^d   Mekawi, Yara ^e   Knafl, Kathleen A ^f  

^a Juvenile Protective Association   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Expectations; Intentions; Mental health services

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOTHER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MOTHERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881551215     PISSN: 0894587X     EISSN: 15733289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10488-012-0429-5     Document Type: Article

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