Serious psychological distress among non-Hispanic whites in the United States: The importance of nativity status and region of birth

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1923-1930

  Dallo, Florence J ^a   Kindratt, Tiffany B ^b   Snell, Tracy ^c  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c Detroit Central City CMH Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Middle East; National Health Interview Survey; Nativity status; Region of birth; Serious psychological distress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; DIAGNOSIS; MIGRANT; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RUSSIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890312904     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-013-0703-1     Document Type: Article

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