Depressive disorders in Asian American adults

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 239-244

  Chen, Jian Ping ^a   Chen, Hongtu ^a   Chung, Henry ^b  

^a Charles B Wang Community Health Center   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ASIAN AMERICAN; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036760137     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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