Associates of stigma in an incident epilepsy population from northern Manhattan, New York City

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-64

  Leaffer, Emily B ^a,b   Jacoby, Ann ^c   Benn, Emma ^a,b,d   Hauser, W Allen ^a,b,d   Shih, Tina ^e   Dayan, Peter ^d   Green, Robert ^d   Andrews, Howard ^d   Thurman, David J ^f   Hesdorffer, Dale ^a,b  

^a Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^b Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Epilepsy; Health status; Northern Manhattan; Stigma; Underserved populations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; POVERTY; SEIZURE; STIGMA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; ODDS RATIO; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL STIGMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955621892     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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