Prevalence of psychiatric illnesses in older ethnic minority adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 256-264

  Jimenez, Daniel E ^a,b   Alegría, Margarita ^b   Chen, Chih Nan ^b   Chan, Domin ^c   Laderman, Mara ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Older adults; Prevalence; Psychiatric illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSTHYMIA; ETHNIC GROUP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RACE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75749123480     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02685.x     Document Type: Article

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