Racial/ethnic group differences in bipolar symptomatology in a community sample of persons With bipolar I disorder

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-21

  Perron, Brian E ^a,b   Fries, Lauren E ^a   Kilbourne, Amy M ^b,c   Vaughn, Michael G ^d   Bauer, Mark S ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Ethnic differences; Ethnic disparities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIA; PREVALENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF ESTEEM; SHORT FORM 12; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74949106502     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181c818c5     Document Type: Article

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