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Racial Disparities Seem to Persist in Depression Diagnosis

(1/4/2012)

By Rob Preidt
HealthDay News
December 27, 2011

Racial and cultural factors still affect the diagnosis and treatment of depression in elderly Americans, despite improvements to diagnostic tools and therapies in recent decades, according to a new study.

View the full article: http://consumer.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=660096


Keywords: racial disparities, persist, depression diagnosis



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