Latino immigrants with depression: An initial examination of treatment issues at a community clinic

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 772-779

  Santiago Rivera, Azara L ^a   Kanter, Jonathan W ^a   Busch, Andrew M ^b,c   Rusch, Laura C ^d   Reyes, William ^a   West, Paul ^e   Runge, Martha ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Sixteenth Street Community Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Latinos; Treatment issues

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DEPRESSION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80755169687     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-010-9380-2     Document Type: Article

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