Race, gender, and psychiatrists' diagnosis and treatment of major depression among elderly patients

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 721-728

  Kales, Helen C ^a,b   Neighbors, Harold W ^d   Blow, Frederic C ^a,b   Taylor, Kiran K K ^b   Gillon, Leah ^a   Welsh, Deborah E ^a   Maixner, Susan M ^b   Mellow, Alan M ^b,c  

^a VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIST; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SIMULATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEX FACTORS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 20044386687     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.56.6.721     Document Type: Article

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