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May 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This study discusses everyday racial discrimination and its association with depressive symptoms among African American men and how masculine role norms such as "boys don't cry" factor in this association.
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
The authors of this study created a checklist that evaluates the social stigma of depression among Latino patients the study occurred at two large outpatient primary care clinics in Los Angeles.
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
The lowest rates of treatment—pharmacotherapy or psychotherapy—were found among African Americans, Caribbean Blacks and Mexican Americans with depression.
September 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Thirty-one million U.S. residents now speak Spanish at home. Depression is costly and, despite advances in detection, current recommendations for depression screening largely ignore language and cultural barriers. This study evaluated primary care depression screening in Hispanic populations.
May 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines the relationship between depression and perceived communication quality between patients and doctors. Interactions between physicians and patients are an important component of health care quality, and little is known about whether depression influences patients' perceptions of communication quality.
November 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This study created the Chicago Adolescent Depression Risk Assessment, designed to help primary care physicians foresee depression in teens one year in advance, enabling appropriate intervention with kids even mildly at risk and potentially heading off development of the disorder.
February 26, 2000 | Journal Article
The effectiveness of two programs to improve the treatment of acute depression in primary care.
October 1, 2008 | Journal Article
A study to estimate the prevalence of antidepressant use by Black and White Americans found that Black patients are significantly less likely to use antidepressants than White patients.
May 1, 2007 | Journal Article
IL-6 regulation is known to be subject to psychological influences, and elevated levels of it are associated with increases in stress and depression.
September 20, 2005 | Journal Article
This study evaluates and compares existing research on the efficacy, effectiveness and common side effects of the most widely-used second-generation antidepressants in the treatment of major depressive disorder. The authors searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, ...