Health disparities in care for depression possibly obscured by the clinical significance criterion

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 163, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1577-1579

  Coyne, James C ^a,b   Marcus, Steven C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COMPOSITE INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW SHORT FORM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

EID: 33749040913     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.2006.163.9.1577     Document Type: Article

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