Prevalence, comorbidity, and course of depression among black fathers in the United States

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 289-297

  Sinkewicz, Marilyn ^a   Lee, Rufina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; comorbidity; course; depression; men; mental health; quantitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953735089     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731510386497     Document Type: Article

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