Bridging the gap between common mental disorders and service use: The role of self-rated mental health among African Americans

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 658-665

  Jang, Yuri ^a   Yoon, Hyunwoo ^a   Chiriboga, David A ^b   Molinari, Victor ^b   Powers, Daniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Mental disorder; Self rated mental health; Service use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PANIC; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HELP-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84942785616     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2014.02.010     Document Type: Article

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