Depression stigma in a predominantly low income african american sample with elevated depressive symptoms

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 196, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 919-922

  Rusch, Laura C ^a   Kanter, Jonathan W ^a   Manos, Rachel C ^a   Weeks, Cristal E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Stigma; Treatment seeking

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF CONCEPT; STIGMA; ETHNOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; INCOME; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STEREOTYPING; WISCONSIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149229846     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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