WAIT, WON'T! WANT: BARRIERS TO HEALTH CARE AS PERCEIVED BY MEDICALLY AND SOCIALLY DISENFRANCHISED COMMUNITIES.

Objectives: We explored barriers to healthcare as perceived by members of medically and socially disenfranchised communities.

Methods: We conducted focus groups with 28 women and 32 men from Northeast Ohio who identified themselves as African-American, Hispanic/Latino, lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgendered, and/or Russian immigrant.

Results: Participants described their experiences of waiting, things they won't tolerate, when they won't participate, and what they want from providers.

Social Support: A Mixed Blessing for Women in Substance Abuse Treatment.

Using a personal social network framework, this qualitative study sought to understand how women in substance abuse treatment describe their network members' supportive and unsupportive behaviors related to recovery. Eighty-six women were interviewed from residential and outpatient substance abuse treatment programs. Positive and negative aspects of women's social networks were assessed via open-ended questions.

Are health beliefs related to adherence among adolescents with mood disorders?

This study explored the illness perceptions, attitudes towards mental health services and adherence behaviors among a group of adolescents in treatment for mood disorders in an urban city in the United States. Seventy adolescents completed a battery of questionnaires assessing demographics (e.g.

Attitudes Toward Mental Health Services and Illness Perceptions Among Adolescents with Mood Disorders.

The present study describes how adolescents perceive their mood disorders (MD; e.g., acute vs.