Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 20, Issue 5 , Pages 210-216 , October 2006

Sense of Belonging as Connectedness, American Indian Worldview, and Mental Health

  • Doris Leal Hill

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Doris Leal Hill, PhD, RN, CNOR, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN.

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 The author was supported, in part, by a Minority Fellowship Program, fellowship from the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration.

PII: S0883-9417(06)00089-6

doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2006.04.003

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 20, Issue 5 , Pages 210-216 , October 2006