Religious participation and DSM IV major depressive disorder among black caribbeans in the United States

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 903-909

  Taylor, Robert Joseph ^a   Chatters, Linda M ^a   Nguyen, Ann W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Afro Caribbean; Depression; National Survey of American Life; Religion

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; RISK; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARIBBEAN REGION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883557771     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-012-9693-4     Document Type: Article

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