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Alegria, Margarita; Carson, Nicholas J.; Goncalves, Marta; Keefe, Kristen – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2011
Objective: To review the literature on racial and ethnic disparities in behavioral health services and present recent data, focusing on services for substance use disorders (SUD) and comorbid mental health disorders for children and adolescents. Method: A literature review was conducted of behavioral health services for minority youth. Articles…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Rehabilitation, Minority Groups, Mental Disorders
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Porche, Michelle V.; Fortuna, Lisa R.; Lin, Julia; Alegria, Margarita – Child Development, 2011
The effect of childhood trauma, psychiatric diagnoses, and mental health services on school dropout among U.S.-born and immigrant youth is examined using data from the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys, a nationally representative probability sample of African Americans, Afro-Caribbeans, Asians, Latinos, and non-Latino Whites,…
Descriptors: Health Services, Emotional Disturbances, Dropouts, Mental Health Programs
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Gonzalez, Jodi M.; Alegria, Margarita; Prihoda, Thomas J. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2005
This article investigates attitudes toward seeking mental health treatment in a national epidemiological sample. Young adults reported the most negative attitudes, as compared to older adults. Males reported more negative attitudes, as compared to females, a consistent finding in young adults. The gender difference was not consistent in Latinos…
Descriptors: Race, Negative Attitudes, Mental Health, Young Adults