Differences in treatment attitudes between depressed African-American and Caucasian veterans in primary care

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 426-429

  Kasckow, John ^a,b   Ingram, Erin ^a   Brown, Charlotte ^b   Tew, James D ^a,b   Conner, Kyaien O ^b   Morse, Jennifer Q ^b   Haas, Gretchen L ^a,b   Reynolds, Charles F ^b   Oslin, David W ^a,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SUBSYNDROMAL DEPRESSION; VETERAN;

EID: 79953681934     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.62.4.pss6204_0426     Document Type: Article

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