Depressive symptoms and antidepressant use in a random community sample of ethnically diverse, urban elder persons

There are limited data on depressive symptoms and antidepressant use in ethnically diverse, urban elderly. Analysis of depressive symptom and antidepressant use data from an epidemiological survey of dementia in an ethnically diverse, urban, elderly community. 21.5% ( N = 566) reported clinically si...

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Published in:	Journal of affective disorders Vol. 105; no. 1; pp. 273 - 277
Main Authors:	Grunebaum, Michael F., Oquendo, Maria A., Manly, Jennifer J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.01.2008 Elsevier
Subjects:	Adult and adolescent clinical studies Aged Aged, 80 and over Antidepressant drugs Antidepressant use Antidepressive Agents - therapeutic use Biological and medical sciences Black or African American - statistics & numerical data Catchment Area, Health Community Mental Health Services - statistics & numerical data Cultural Diversity Depression Depression - drug therapy Depression - ethnology Depression - psychology Depressive symptoms Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Elderly people Epidemiology Ethnicity Female Gender Help-seeking Helpseeking Hispanic or Latino - statistics & numerical data Humans Male Medical sciences Mood disorders Neuropharmacology Pharmacology. Drug treatments Psychiatric/Mental Health Psychoanaleptics: cns stimulant, antidepressant agent, nootropic agent, mood stabilizer Psychoanaleptics: cns stimulant, antidepressant agent, nootropic agent, mood stabilizer..., (alzheimer disease) Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Psychopharmacology Surveys and Questionnaires United States - epidemiology Urban Population - statistics & numerical data United States Antidepressant use Depressive symptoms Ethnicity Gender Epidemiology Help-seeking Social environment Human Mood disorder Help seeking Urban environment Psychotropic Sex Depression Ethnic group Symptomatology Treatment Antidepressant agent Elderly Public health
ISSN:	0165-0327, 1573-2517
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