"Our Depression is Different": Experiences and Perceptions of Depression in Young Black Men with a History of Incarceration

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 167-173

  Perkins, Danielle EK ^a   Kelly, Patricia ^b   Lasiter, Sue ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; BLACK PERSON; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANGER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; NEGATIVISM; PRISONERS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901284093     PISSN: 08839417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2014.01.006     Document Type: Article

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