Prevalence and Distribution of Major Depressive Disorder in African Americans, Caribbean Blacks, and Non-Hispanic Whites

Williams, David R.; González, Hector M.; Neighbors, Harold W.; Nesse, Randolph M.; Abelson, Jamie M.; Sweetman, Julie; Jackson, James S.

doi:10.1001/archpsyc.64.3.305

articleArchives of General PsychiatryMar 1, 2007Closed access

Prevalence and Distribution of Major Depressive Disorder in African Americans, Caribbean Blacks, and Non-Hispanic Whites

DRDavid R. Williams HMHector M. González HWHarold W. Neighbors RMRandolph M. Nesse JMJamie M. Abelson

University of Michigan–Ann Arbor · Wayne State University

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Abstract

Objective

To estimate the prevalence, persistence, treatment, and disability of depression in African Americans, Caribbean blacks, and non-Hispanic whites in the National Survey of American Life.

Design

A slightly modified adaptation of the World Health Organization World Mental Health version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview.

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Keywords

Depression (economics)
Major depressive disorder
Ethnic group
Demography
Medicine
Mental health
Gerontology
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