Racial-ethnic disparities in outpatient mental health visits to U.S. physicians, 1993-2008

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 59-67

  Manseau, Marc ^a   Case, Brady G ^b,c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b E P BRADLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; CAUCASIAN; DRUG DEPENDENCE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEGRO; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OUTPATIENT CARE; PANIC; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; OUTPATIENTS; POPULATION GROUPS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892402847     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201200528     Document Type: Article

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