Racial and ethnic disparities in the use of antipsychotic medication: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1861-1872

  Puyat, Joseph H ^a   Daw, Jamie R ^a   Cunningham, Colleen M ^a   Law, Michael R ^a   Wong, Sabrina T ^a   Greyson, Devon L ^a   Morgan, Steven G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antipsychotics; Disparities; Ethnic; Racial; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; DRUG UTILIZATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRUG UTILIZATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890312759     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-013-0753-4     Document Type: Article

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