Barriers to care-seeking for depressed African Americans

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-80

  Cruz, Mario ^a,f   Pincus, Harold Alan ^b   Harman, Jeffrey S ^c   Reynolds III, Charles F ^a   Post, Edward P ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Barriers to care; Depression; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DENIAL; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SHAME; STIGMA; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN AMERICANS; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SHAME; STEREOTYPING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 50649092936     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: 15413527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/PM.38.1.g     Document Type: Article

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