Comparison of symptoms in African-American, Asian-American, Mexican-American and Non-Hispanic White patients with major depressive disorder

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-33

  Rao, Uma ^a,b   Poland, Russell E ^a   Lin, Keh Ming ^c  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Private Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cross cultural; Depression; Ethnicity; Psychopathology; Somatization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MINORITY GROUP; MOOD; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATIZATION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ANXIETY; ASIAN AMERICANS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858281877     PISSN: 18762018     EISSN: 18762026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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