Challenges in Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Urban Asian American Adolescents: Service Providers' Perspectives

Race and Social Problems

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 25-37

  Ling, Ariane ^a   Okazaki, Sumie ^a   Tu, Ming Che ^a   Kim, Joanna J ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Asian American; Consensual Qualitative Research; Immigrant; Mental health; Stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893903128     PISSN: 18671748     EISSN: 18671756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12552-014-9117-2     Document Type: Article

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