African Americans constitute about 12 percent of the United States population. Sixty percent
of African Americans live in urban areas, and 25 percent have incomes below the poverty …

Since the 1970s, articles have noted the increased presence of psychotic symptoms among
depressed African Americans, the presence of diagnostic bias identified when structured …

The national rates of completed suicide in the black population between 1950 and 1981 are
presented, including age-adjusted rates. Specific studies of black suicide attempters and …

Background. Despite considerable progress in the epidemiology of late life depression, little
data have been documented in the scientific literature on depressive symptoms among …

Objective. The purpose of this study was to establish the sensitivity of a Spanish translation
of the 15‐item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS‐S) in a sample of 41 elderly Mexican‐…

The authors compared the diagnoses made for 50 patients in an emergency room with those
made during a subsequent inpatient hospitalization. They found an acceptable level of …

The educational levels of 57 middle-aged and elderly persons were compared with their
reading levels as assessed by the Wide Range Achievement Test-Reading. Participants were …

Several authors have reported that older African-Americans with multiple medical problems
and decreased activities of daily living are at an increased risk of reporting symptoms of …

Misdiagnosis of Schizophrenia in Older, Black Veterans : The Journal of Nervous and
Mental Disease Misdiagnosis of Schizophrenia in Older, Black Veterans : The Journal of …

A model integrating Japanese ethnicity, cultural identity, and anxiety was developed and
assessed in Japanese American and part-Japanese American high school seniors (N= 141). …