Patient ethnicity and perceptions of families and friends regarding depression treatment

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 465-478

  Bogner, Hillary ^a   Dobransky, Larissa N ^a   Wittink, Marsha N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Depression; Ethnicity; Mental health services; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGING POPULATION; ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; BLACK POPULATION; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TREATMENT; ETHNICITY; HEALTH SERVICES; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; APATHY; ARTICLE; CHRONICITY; COGNITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; ROLE PLAYING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53849111201     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850802023125     Document Type: Article

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