Racial disparities in bipolar disorder treatment and research: a call to action

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 506-514

  Akinhanmi, Margaret O ^a   Biernacka, Joanna M ^b   Strakowski, Stephen M ^c   McElroy, Susan L ^d,e   Balls Berry, Joyce E ^b   Merikangas, Kathleen R ^f   Assari, Shervin ^g   McInnis, Melvin G ^g   Schulze, Thomas G ^h   LeBoyer, Marion ^i,j   Tamminga, Carol ^k   Patten, Christi ^b   Frye, Mark A ^b  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d LINDNER CENTER OF HOPE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^h LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^j FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE   (France)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

African ancestry; bipolar disorder; health racial disparities; minority research participation

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AFRICAN; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EUROPEAN; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MINORITY GROUP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNOLOGY; GENOMICS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS; RESEARCH; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENOMICS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RESEARCH; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 85043534183     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: 13995618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bdi.12638     Document Type: Review

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