Racial and ethnic disparities in detection and treatment of depression and anxiety among psychiatric and primary health care visits, 1995-2005

Medical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 668-677

  Stockdale, Susan E ^a   Lagomasino, Isabel T ^b   Siddique, Juned ^c   McGuire, Thomas ^d   Miranda, Jeanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Diagnosis; Ethnic disparities; Mental health; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; AMOXAPINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DESIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; IMIPRAMINE; MAPROTILINE; MIRTAZAPINE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; PAROXETINE; PHENELZINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TRANYLCYPROMINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIST; RACE DIFFERENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMBULATORY CARE; ANXIETY; CAUCASIAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISPANIC; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49249109105     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181789496     Document Type: Article

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