Trends in the rate of depressive illness and use of antidepressant pharmacotherapy by ethnicity/race: An assessment of office-based visits in the United States, 1992-1997

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1575-1589

  Skaer, Tracy L ^a   Sclar, David A ^a,c,d   Robison, Linda M ^a   Galin, Richard S ^a,b,e  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pullman Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Washington Institute for Mental Illness Research and Training   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Black; Depression; Ethnicity; Hispanic; National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey; Race; White

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; FLUOXETINE; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONSULTATION; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PRESCRIPTION; RACE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034534711     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-2918(00)83055-6     Document Type: Article

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