Barriers to treatment and culturally endorsed coping strategies among depressed African-American older adults

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 971-983

  Conner, Kyaien O ^a   Copeland, Valire Carr ^b   Grote, Nancy K ^c   Rosen, Daniel ^b   Albert, Steve ^d   McMurray, Michelle L ^a   Reynolds, Charles F ^a   Brown, Charlotte ^a   Koeske, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; beliefs attitudes; depression; health service use; stigma

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PENNSYLVANIA; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 78349285466     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2010.501061     Document Type: Article

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