Racial differences in symptoms of anxiety and depression among three cohorts of students in the southern United States

Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 332-348

  Latzman, Robert D ^a   Naifeh, James A ^b   Watson, David ^c   Vaidya, Jatin G ^d   Heiden, Laurie J ^e   Damon, John D ^e   Hight, Terry L ^e   Young, John ^f  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^e CARES School   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MISSISSIPPI; STUDENTS;

EID: 84255196306     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/psyc.2011.74.4.332     Document Type: Article

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