Racial differences in depression in the United States: How do subgroup analyses inform a paradox?

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1941-1949

  Barnes, David M ^a   Keyes, Katherine M ^a   Bates, Lisa M ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Major depressive disorder; Socioeconomic status; United States; Whites

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890315835     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-013-0718-7     Document Type: Article

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