Emotional support, negative interaction and DSM IV lifetime disorders among older African Americans: Findings from the national survey of American life (NSAL)

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 612-621

  Lincoln, Karen D ^a   Taylor, Robert Joseph ^b   Bullard, Kai McKeever ^c   Chatters, Linda M ^b   Woodward, Amanda Toler ^d   Himle, Joseph A ^b,e   Jackson, James S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Elderly blacks; Mood disorder; Negative interaction; Social support; Support network

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSTHYMIA; EMOTIONAL SUPPORT; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952392511     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2383     Document Type: Article

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