A comparison of the frequencies of risk factors for depression in older black and white participants in a study of indicated prevention

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1240-1247

  Sriwattanakomen, Roy ^a   McPherron, Jesse ^b   Chatman, Jamie ^a   Morse, Jennifer Q ^a   Martire, Lynn M ^a   Karp, Jordan F ^a   Houck, Patricia R ^a   Bensasi, Salem ^a   Houle, Jill ^a   Stack, Jacqueline A ^a   Woods, Mattie ^c   Block, Bruce ^a   Thomas, Stephen B ^a   Quinn, Sandra ^a   Reynolds III, Charles F ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c Center for Healthy Hearts and Souls   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Indicated prevention; Minority; Risk factors; Subsyndromal

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OBESITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL STATUS; ADDICTION; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGING; ALCOHOLISM; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; ETHNOLOGY; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALCOHOLISM; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DISABLED PERSONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PENNSYLVANIA; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 79952201246     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610210001523     Document Type: Article

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