Racial and Ethnic Differences in Minimally Adequate Depression Care Among Medicaid-Enrolled Youth

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 128-138

  Cummings, Janet R ^a   Ji, Xu ^a   Lally, Cathy ^a   Druss, Benjamin G ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; pharmacotherapy; psychotherapy; quality; race and ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MINIMALLY ADEQUATE MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CAUCASIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85058924029     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2018.04.025     Document Type: Article

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