Depression in African American and white women with low incomes: The role of chronic stress

Social Work in Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 59-88

  Grote, Nancy K ^a   Bledsoe, Sarah E ^b   Wellman, Jill ^d   Brown, Charlotte ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Acute stress; Chronic stress; Depressive symptoms; Race; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; DISEASE SEVERITY; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SYMPTOM; WOMENS HEALTH;

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; PENNSYLVANIA; POVERTY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349127557     PISSN: 19371918     EISSN: 1937190X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19371910802148511     Document Type: Article

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