Major depressive disorder among older african americans, caribbean blacks, and non-hispanic whites: Secondary analysis of the national survey of American life

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 589-597

  Woodward, Amanda T ^a   Taylor, Robert J ^b   Abelson, Jamie M ^b   Matusko, Niki ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; elderly; epidemiology; ethnicity; MDD; prevalence; race

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGORAPHOBIA; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARIBBEAN REGION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878757914     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.22041     Document Type: Article

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