United States: The Beginnings Of Mental Health Disparities: Emergent Mental Disorders Among ...

United States: The Beginnings Of Mental Health Disparities: Emergent Mental Disorders Among Indigenous Adolescents Les B. Whitbeck, 2011   Indigenous people (American Indian/Alaska Natives; AI/AN) make up the smallest ethnic group in the United States comprising about 1.5% of the population (4.3 million people, Ogunwole, 2006), yet they rank higher in health disparities than any other ethnic group. The current life expectancy for an Indigenous person born today is nearly 5 years shorter...

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