Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 12-19 , February 2003

Metropolitan-nonmetropolitan differences in amount and type of mental health treatment

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☆ Supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Mental Health (R01 MH59099).

☆☆ Address reprint requests to Stephen M. Petterson, PhD, Southeastern Rural Mental Health Research Center, School of Nursing, McLeod Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908.

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doi: 10.1053/apnu.2003.5

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 12-19 , February 2003

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