Disadvantages in mental health care among African Americans.

Abstract:

:African Americans experience mental health disadvantages relative to European Americans with respect to financial barriers, barriers to help seeking, and poorer quality services. This paper provides an overview of these mental health inequalities, and offers recommendations for addressing them.

authors

Holden KB,Xanthos C

doi

10.1353/hpu.0.0155

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2009-05-01 00:00:00

pages

17-23

issue

2 Suppl

eissn

1049-2089

issn

1548-6869

journal_volume

20

pub_type

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