Treatment of self-reported depression among Hispanics and African Americans

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 328-344

  Bazargan, Mohsen ^a   Bazargan Hejazi, Shahrzad ^a,b   Baker, Richard S ^a  

^a CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African american; Behavioral model; Depression; Hispanic; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; PUBLIC HOUSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 21644437462     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2005.0025     Document Type: Article

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