The National Survey of American Life: A study of racial, ethnic and cultural influences on mental disorders and mental health

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 196-207

  Jackson, James S ^a   Torres, Myriam ^a   Caldwell, Cleopatra H ^a   Neighbors, Harold W ^a   Nesse, Randolph M ^a   Taylor, Robert Joseph ^a   Trierweiler, Steven J ^a   Williams, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

DSM IV disorders; Epidemiology; Race and ethnicity; Risk and resilience; Service use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; NEGRO; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CARIBBEAN REGION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; SAMPLING STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 10244261500     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.177     Document Type: Review

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