Demographic correlates of DSM-IV major depressive disorder among older frican americans, black caribbeans, and non-Hispanic whites: Results from the national survey of american life

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 940-947

  Aranda, María P ^a   Chae, David H ^b   Lincoln, Karen D ^a   Taylor, Robert Joseph ^c   Woodward, Amanda Toler ^d   Chatters, Linda M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean Blacks; depression; disability; ethnicity gender; marital status; race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DSM-IV; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REVIEW;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARIBBEAN REGION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864656355     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2805     Document Type: Review

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