Quality of depression treatment in Black Americans with major depression and comorbid medical illness

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 431-436

  Agyemang, Amma A ^a   Mezuk, Briana ^a   Perrin, Paul ^a   Rybarczyk, Bruce ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black Americans; Depression treatment; Hypertension; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84902832307     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2014.02.011     Document Type: Article

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