Japanese Americans' health concerns and depressive symptoms: Implications for disaster counseling

Social Work (United States)

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 201-211

  Cheung, Monit ^a   Leung, Patrick ^a   Tsui, Venus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

depression prevalence; disaster training; health issues; help seeking behavior; Japanese mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; DISASTER MEDICINE; EARTHQUAKE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STIGMA; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ASIAN AMERICANS; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL STIGMA; TEXAS;

EID: 84882783757     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/swt016     Document Type: Article

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