"Keeping the bully out": Understanding older African Americans' beliefs and attitudes toward depression

Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 230-236

  Shellman, Juliette ^a   Mokel, Melissa ^b   Wright, Betty ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Beliefs toward depression; Older African Americans; Qualitative descriptive study

Indexed keywords

EID: 36349001600     PISSN: 10783903     EISSN: 15325725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078390307305926     Document Type: Article

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