Understanding major depressive disorder among middle-aged African American men

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2050-2060

  Bryant Bedell, Keneshia ^a   Waite, Roberta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Major depressive disorder; Middle aged men; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE;

EID: 77955238388     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05345.x     Document Type: Article

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