Association of Self-Reported Discrimination and Suicide Ideation in Older Chinese Americans

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 42-51

  Li, Lydia W ^a   Gee, Gilbert C ^b   Dong, XinQi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese older adults; Ethnic minority elders; racism; suicidal behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE BURDEN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY INTERACTION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LONELINESS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; PAIN; RACISM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUICIDAL IDEATION; WIDOWED PERSON; AGING; CHINA; DEMENTIA ASSESSMENT; ETHNOLOGY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; ILLINOIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHICAGO; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS AND DEMENTIA TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; RACISM; SELF REPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

EID: 85029228018     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2017.08.006     Document Type: Article

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