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The relationship of personal financial status to the utilization of community mental health centers in rural appalachia

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  1. Psychology Department, Marietta College, 45750, Marietta, Ohio

    George Banziger & David Foos

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Work on this paper was supported by grant number IRO1-MH3482-01 from the National Institute of Mental Health, Division of Biometry and Epidemiology. The interview data were collected with the help of the Shawnee Mental Health Center of Portsmouth, Ohio; Washington County Mental Health Services of Marietta, Ohio; Adams County Clinic of West Union, Ohio; Lawrence County Clinic of Ironton, Ohio; and Western District Guidance Center of Parkersburg, West Virginia and its satellite centers in Harrisville, Ravenswood, and Spencer.

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Banziger, G., Foos, D. The relationship of personal financial status to the utilization of community mental health centers in rural appalachia. Am J Commun Psychol 11, 543–552 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00896804

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