Anxious depression among Puerto Rican and African-American older adults

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 118-126

  Diefenbach, Gretchen J ^a   Disch, William B ^b   Robison, Julie T ^c   Baez, Evelyn ^b   Coman, Emil ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF LIVING   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Elderly; Ethnic minority; Generalized anxiety; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIOUS DEPRESSION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN AREA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CONNECTICUT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; RELIGION;

EID: 60549102098     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860802591062     Document Type: Article

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