Disparity in posttraumatic stress disorder diagnosis among African American pregnant women

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 295-306

  Seng, Julia S ^a   Kohn Wood, Laura P ^b   McPherson, Melnee D ^a   Sperlich, Mickey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Health disparity; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL PERINATAL RISK ASSESSMENT MONITORING SYSTEM; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPOSITE INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIVORCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MORBIDITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NATIONAL WOMEN'S STUDY POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER MODULE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF HELP; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THEFT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051584500     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-011-0218-2     Document Type: Article

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