Racial and ethnic differences in depression: current perspectives
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Major depressive disorder (MDD) is among the most prevalent disorders in the US that often goes underdiagnosed and untreated. The burden of disability among those untreated is heaviest among untreated minority populations. Recent studies show that among African Americans, those with socioeconomic stress are less likely to report psychological symptoms or remain compliant with initiated treatment. While minority populations are less likely to suffer from acute episodes of MDD than Caucasians, they are more likely to suffer from prolonged, chronic, and severely debilitating depression with heavy consequences on their level of daily functioning. Part of the problem of underdiagnoses lies with the provider. Many providers today are unable to notice subtleties in presentation or recognize uncommon presentation of disease. This paper focuses on discrepancies in the presentation of depression among minorities when compared to Caucasians as well as factors that serve as boundaries for successful treatment.
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- Authors
- Bailey, R., Mokonogho, J., & Kumar, A.
- Affiliations
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences (US)
- Corresponding author
- Kumar, Alok
- ORCID
- Kumar, Alok
- Venue
- Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2019-02
- Volume
- Volume 15
- Pages
- 603-609
- ISSN
- 1176-6328 (ISSN-L)
- 1178-2021
- PMC
- PMC6390869
- OpenAlex
- W2915744129
- Cited by
- 498
- References
- 21
- Citations by year
- 2026: 47 · 2025: 73 · 2024: 121 · 2023: 117 · 2022: 65 · 2021: 48 · 2020: 26 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 43.98
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Dove Medical Press (Taylor and Francis Group) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Treatment of Major Depression
- Keywords
- major depressive disorder, racial and ethnic differences, minority groups, African Americans, underdiagnosis, medication adherence, chronic depression, socioeconomic stress, presenting symptoms, barriers to treatment
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