Falling through the cracks: Gaps in depression treatment among older Mexican-origin and white men

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1283-1290

  Hinton, Ladson ^a   Apesoa Varano, Ester Carolina ^a   González, Hector M ^b   Aguilar Gaxiola, Sergio ^a   Dwight Johnson, Megan ^c   Barker, Judith C ^d   Tran, Cindy ^a   Zuniga, Ramiro ^e   Unützer, Jürgen ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SAN JOAQUIN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

access and quality of care; depression; elderly; men; minorities; primary care

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DSM-IV; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REMISSION; SELF REPORT;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84868529778     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.3779     Document Type: Article

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