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Does Stigma Keep Poor Young Immigrant and U.S.-Born Black and Latina Women From Seeking Mental Health Care?

Psychiatric Services · 2007 · Vol. 58(12) · pp. 1547–1554
Erum NadeemJane LangeDawn EdgeMarie N. FongwaTom BelinJeanne Miranda

Abstract

Stigma-related concerns are most common among immigrant women and may partly account for underutilization of mental health care services by disadvantaged women from ethnic minority groups.

Mental Health Treatment and AccessChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentRacial and Ethnic Identity ResearchImmigrationMental healthDisadvantagedMedicineStigma (botany)DemographyBlack womenDepression (economics)GerontologyPsychiatry

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AdultMental DisordersBlack or African AmericanCaliforniaFemaleHispanic or LatinoHumansInterviews as TopicMental Health ServicesPatient Acceptance of Health CarePovertyStereotypingLogistic ModelsEmigrants and Immigrants
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