Depressive disorders in Asian American adults.
PubMedPublished 1 September 2002Open access
Jianping Chen, Hongtu Chen, Henry Chung
Citations31
Generate an AI Snapshot to get a quick, structured summary of this paper.
Study Snapshot
ObjectiveStudy objective
MethodsResearch methodology
PopulationPopulation studied
Sample sizeSample sizes
OutcomesStudy outcomes here
ResultsStudy results comes here
LimitationsResearch study limitations comes here
A concise AI-generated summary of the paper will appear here once you click Generate AI Snapshot.
Keywords
PsychologySocial Sciences
Archives of General PsychiatryLifetime and 12-Month Prevalence of DSM-III-R Psychiatric Disorders in the United States
12,491 Citations1994Ronald C. Kessler
The prevalence of psychiatric disorders is greater than previously thought to be the case, and morbidity is more highly concentrated than previously recognized in roughly one sixth of the population who have a history of three or more comorbid disorders.
Diabetes CareThe Prevalence of Comorbid Depression in Adults With Diabetes
3,923 Citations2001Ryan J. Anderson, Kenneth E. Freedland +2 more
The presence of diabetes doubles the odds of comorbid depression, and the prevalence of depression was significantly higher in diabetic women than in diabetic men, and in uncontrolled studies than in controlled studies.
Journal of General Internal MedicineCase-finding instruments for depression
1,827 Citations1997Mary A. Whooley, Andrew L. Avins +2 more
The two-question case-finding instrument is a useful measure for detecting depression in primary care and has similar test characteristics to other case- finding instruments and is less time-consuming.
Archives of General PsychiatryThree-Year Outcomes for Maintenance Therapies in Recurrent Depression
1,309 Citations1990David J. Kupfer
It is concluded that active imipramine treatment is an effective means of preventing recurrence beyond 3 years and that patients with previous episodes less than 2 1/2 years apart, therefore, merit continued prophylaxis for at least 5 years.
Archives of General PsychiatryThe Quality of Care for Depressive and Anxiety Disorders in the United States
1,078 Citations2001Alexander S. Young, Ruth Klap +2 more
Most adults with a probable depressive or anxiety disorder do not receive appropriate care for their disorder, and this holds across diverse groups, appropriate care is less common in certain demographic subgroups.
American Journal of PsychiatryPsychiatric disorder in a sample of the general population with and without chronic medical conditions
643 Citations1988Kenneth B. Wells, Jacqueline M. Golding +1 more
Arthritis, cancer, lung disease, neurological disorder, heart disease, and physical handicap were strongly associated with psychiatric disorders, but hypertension and diabetes were not.
The Journal of Nervous and Mental DiseasePrevalence of Depression among Asian-Americans
477 Citations1984Wen H. Kuo
The investigation compared the Asian-Americans' CES-D scores with those of whites and other minority groups, examined the scale's patterns of factor loading by ethnicity, and discovered that, even with statistical controls, there exists a distinction among the individual groups of Chinese, Filipinos, Japanese, and Koreans with respect to their score averages of depressive symptoms.
Journal of Health and Social BehaviorSocial Networking, Hardiness and Immigrant's Mental Health
359 Citations1986Wen H. Kuo, Yung-Mei Tsai
It is hypothesized that the immigrant's activism in cultivating social networks in the receiving society, and hardiness in the personality repertoire, are the chief means of ameliorating strain.
Journal of Clinical PsychologyDepressive symptomatology among Chinese-Americans as measured by the CES-D
318 Citations1988Yu‐Wen Ying
Level of depressive symptomatology in a community-based Chinese-American sample as measured by the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D) was found to be higher than previously reported in both White and Asian samples.
American Journal of PsychiatryLifetime and Twelve-Month Prevalence Rates of Major Depressive Episodes and Dysthymia Among Chinese Americans in Los Angeles
275 Citations1998David T. Takeuchi, Rita Chi‐Ying Chung +5 more
The Chinese American Psychiatric Epidemiological Study provides a rare opportunity to investigate the heterogeneity within a single Asian American ethnic group, Chinese Americans, and to identify the subgroups among Chinese Americans who may be most at risk for mental health problems.
General Hospital PsychiatryPopulation-based care of depression: Effective disease management strategies to decrease prevalence
169 Citations1997Wayne Katon, Michael Von Korff +6 more
This paper reviews the concepts of population-based care and disease management of major depression and applies these concepts to the organization of services for patients with major depression.
Community Mental Health JournalDepressive Symptoms and Psychiatric Distress in Low Income Asian and Latino Primary Care Patients: Prevalence and Recognition
112 Citations2003Henry Chung, Jeanne A. Teresi +6 more
High prevalence of distress lends support to initiating improved methods for screening and detection of depression among low income and racially diverse primary care patients and to investigating the relationship between patient and physician sociodemographic factors and overall diagnostic recognition of psychiatric distress.