Variation in mental health service use among U.S. Latinos by place of origin and service provider type

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 56-64

  Lee, Sungkyu ^a   Held, Mary L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CUBAN; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MEXICAN; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIST; PUERTO RICAN; SOCIAL WORKER; UNITED STATES; ETHNOLOGY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84923824887     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201300533     Document Type: Article

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