Trends in depression prevalence in the USA from 2005 to 2015: Widening disparities in vulnerable groups

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 1308-1315

  Weinberger, A H ^a,b   Gbedemah, M ^c   Martinez, A M ^d   Nash, D ^c   Galea, S ^e   Goodwin, R D ^c,d  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; depression; epidemiology; gender; race; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; VULNERABLE POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85031501690     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291717002781     Document Type: Article

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