Challenges to Traditional Clinical Definitions of Depression in Young Black Men

American Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 74-81

  Perkins, Danielle EK ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black men; depression; inner city; young

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLACK MEN; BLACK PERSON; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INNER CITY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG; YOUNG ADULT;

BLACK MEN; DEPRESSION; INNER CITY; YOUNG;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890048775     PISSN: 15579883     EISSN: 15579891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557988313494234     Document Type: Article

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