Disparities in mental health referral and diagnosis in the New York city jail mental health service

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1911-1916

  Kaba, Fatos ^a   Solimo, Angela ^a   Graves, Jasmine ^a   Glowa Kollisch, Sarah ^a   Vise, Allison ^a   MacDonald, Ross ^a   Waters, Anthony ^a   Rosner, Zachary ^a   Dickey, Nathaniel ^a   Angell, Sonia ^a   Venters, Homer ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRISON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW YORK CITY; PRISONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84939130851     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302699     Document Type: Article

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