Open AccessAlternative Mental Health Services: The Role of the Black Church in the South
Author(s) -
Michael B. Blank,
Marcus Mahmood,
Justin P. Fox,
Thomas M. Guterbock
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.92.10.1668
Subject(s) - centrality , mental health , context (archaeology) , white (mutation) , faith , racial composition , mental health care , sociology , geography , medicine , gerontology , race (biology) , gender studies , psychiatry , archaeology , biochemistry , chemistry , philosophy , mathematics , theology , combinatorics , gene
This study determined the extent to which churches in the South were providing mental health and social services to congregations and had established linkages with formal systems of care.