ATTITUDES TOWARDS SYMPTOMS AND SERVICES IN THE ETHNIC FAMILY AND NEIGHBORHOOD

Research in Baltimore's Italian and Polish neighborhoods suggests that the extended family is seen as the front-line resource for intensive advice on emotional problems. Mental health specialists frequently are not perceived as the appropriate agents for meeting problems that are beyond the exp...

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Published in:American journal of orthopsychiatry 1978-07, Vol.48 (3), p.477-486
Main Authors: Fandetti, Donald V, Gelfand, Donald E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Alcoholism - psychology
Anxiety Disorders - psychology
Attitude
Attitude Change
Attitude/Attitudes/Attitudinal
Child Behavior Disorders - psychology
Community Mental Health
Community Mental Health Services
Community/Communities/Communitarian
Compulsive Behavior - psychology
Emotional Disturbances
Ethnic Groups
Ethnic Identity
Ethnic/Ethnically
Extended Family
Family
Family/Families
Female
Human
Humans
Male
Maryland
Mental Disorders - psychology
Mental Disorders - therapy
Mental health
Middle Aged
Neighborhood/Neighborhoods
Neighborhoods
Parent-Child Relations
Phobic Disorders - psychology
Schizophrenic Psychology
Symptoms
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Summary:Research in Baltimore's Italian and Polish neighborhoods suggests that the extended family is seen as the front-line resource for intensive advice on emotional problems. Mental health specialists frequently are not perceived as the appropriate agents for meeting problems that are beyond the expertise of the family and local community. Implications for community mental health are examined.
ISSN:0002-9432
1939-0025
DOI:10.1111/j.1939-0025.1978.tb01336.x