Major depression in Chinese Americans: The roles of stress, vulnerability, and acculturation

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 189-197

  Hwang, Wei Chin ^a   Myers, Hector F ^b  

^a CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Chinese Americans; Depression; Stress; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHINESE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34247504695     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-006-0152-1     Document Type: Article

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