Perceived need for substance use treatment among young women from disadvantaged communities in Cape Town, South Africa

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Myers, Bronwyn ^a,b   Kline, Tracy L ^c   Doherty, Irene A ^c   Carney, Tara ^a   Wechsberg, Wendee M ^c,d,e,f  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental health; Methamphetamine; Perceived need for drug treatment; South Africa; Women

Indexed keywords

METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; COMMUNITY; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; REVISED RISK BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE USE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PERCEPTION; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897963879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-14-100     Document Type: Article

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