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The US National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R): design and field procedures
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2004-06)
The National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R) is a survey of the prevalence and correlates of mental disorders in the US that was carried out between February 2001 and April 2003. Interviews were administered ...
Was there unmet mental health need after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks?
(Steinkopff-Verlag; Steinkopff Verlag Darmstadt ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2006-03)
This study examined the use of professionals for mental health problems among New York City residents who were directly affected by the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center (WTC) or had a probable ...
Private and Public Ownership in Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment: Do We Have a Two-Tiered System?
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Human Sciences Press, Inc. ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2000-03)
As investor-owned organizations increase their presence in the mental health care sector, questions emerge regarding the effects of ownership type on service delivery. One important question is whether ownership is related ...
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 with multiple system degeneration and glial cytoplasmic inclusions
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1996-02)
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1) is a dominantly inherited progressive neurological disorder characterized by neuronal degeneration and reactive gliosis in the cerebellum, brainstem, spinocerebellar tracts, and dorsal ...
Validity of Adolescents' Report of Maternal Age
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1997-12)
Examined the validity of adolescents' reports of their mother's age. Most research on the validity of self-report focuses on personal behaviors such as alcohol and substance use, or response bias due to social desirability. ...
A longitudinal study of stress-buffering effects for urban African-American male adolescent problem behaviors and mental health
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2000-01)
The stress-buffering hypothesis was explored longitudinally in a sample of 173 urban, male, African-American adolescents. Data on parental and friend support, stressful life events, alcohol and substance use, delinquency, ...
Life-style and substance use among male African American urban adolescents: A cluster analytic approach
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1992-02)
Tracking Substance Abusers in Longitudinal Research: Understanding Follow-Up Contact Difficulty
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1998-04)
Studies examining follow-up contact difficulty provide useful information for planning longitudinal studies and for assessing the validity of follow-up data. Contact difficulty was examined among 96 substance abusers ...
Resilience Among Urban African American Male Adolescents: A Study of the Protective Effects of Sociopolitical Control on Their Mental Health
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1999-12)
Resilience refers to the notion that some people succeed in the face of adversity. In a risk-protective model of resilience, a protective factor interacts with a risk factor to mitigate the occurrence of a negative outcome. ...
The prevention of psychopathology in African Americans: An epidemiologic perspective
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press; Human Sciences Press ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1990-04)
Although improving the mental health status of African Americans is an important goal, it is not clear that this can be accomplished by increasing access to professional services. Many have argued that stressful social ...