Major Depressive Episode Severity Among Adults from Marginalized Racial and Ethnic Backgrounds in the US

Michael William Flores; Margo Moyer; Caryn R R Rodgers; Benjamin Lê Cook

doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.2485

Major Depressive Episode Severity Among Adults from Marginalized Racial and Ethnic Backgrounds in the US

JAMA Psychiatry. 2021 Nov 1;78(11):1279-1280. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.2485.

Authors

Michael William Flores^{1

2

3}, Margo Moyer¹, Caryn R R Rodgers^{2

4

5}, Benjamin Lê Cook^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Health Equity Research Lab, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
² Center for Health Equity, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.
³ Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.

Abstract

This observational study analyzes nationally representative data to estimate differences in major depressive episode prevalence, persistence, and severity among racial and ethnic groups.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Asian / statistics & numerical data*
Black or African American / ethnology*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Depressive Disorder, Major / ethnology*
Female
Health Surveys
Hispanic or Latino / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Severity of Illness Index*
Social Marginalization
United States / ethnology
White People / ethnology*
Young Adult

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

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