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Brief Report: Brief Syntactic Analysis in Asperger Syndrome: A Preliminary Study
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2000-02)
Professional help use among Black Americans: Implications for unmet need
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1984-10)
Seeking professional help for personal problems: Black American's use of health and mental health services
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press; Human Sciences Press ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1985-09)
This article explored the use of health and mental health services for serious personal problems in a national sample of adult black Americans. The results indicated low usage of the mental health sector in response to ...
Racial Identity, Parental Support, and Alcohol Use in a Sample of Academically At-Risk African American High School Students
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2004-09)
This study examined racial identity and parental support as predictors of alcohol use in a sample of 488 African American adolescents. Two dimensions of racial identity were investigated: (1) racial centrality (i.e., the ...
A comparison of the diabetes-related attitudes of health care professionals and patients
(Elsevier, 1993-06)
The following study compares the diabetesrelated attitudes of sampled health care professionals and patients with diabetes. Attitudes were measured with a revised version of the Diabetes Attitude Scale (DAS) which includes ...
The influence of racial factors on psychiatric diagnosis: A review and suggestions for research
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press; Human Sciences Press ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1989-12)
Research on race and diagnosis initially focused on black-white differences in depression and schizophrenia. Statistics showing a higher treated prevalence of schizophrenia and a lower prevalence of depression for blacks ...
Beyond the Individual: Toward a Nomological Network of Organizational Empowerment
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2004-09)
Empowerment research has generally been limited to the individual level of analysis. Efforts to study empowerment beyond the individual require conceptual frameworks suggesting attributes that define the construct and guide ...
Circadian fluctuation of plasma epinephrine in supine humans
(Elsevier, 1987)
Previous studies have demonstrated circadian fluctuations of systemic catecholamines in man. However, methodological differences and conflicting results with epinephrine are apparent. In the present study, plasma and urinary ...
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 ...
The effect of health beliefs and feelings of self efficacy on self management behavior of children with a chronic disease
(Elsevier, 1988-04)
This study is among the first to examine the value of chronically ill children's health beliefs, self-efficacy beliefs, experiences of hospitalization, and participation in a health education program in predicting ...