TY - JOUR
KW - Adult
KW - African Americans/psychology
KW - Depression/ethnology/therapy
KW - European Continental Ancestry Group/psychology
KW - Female
KW - Health Care Surveys
KW - Humans
KW - Logistic Models
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Philadelphia
KW - Primary Health Care
KW - Questionnaires
KW - Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/ethnology
KW - Veterans/psychology
AU - J. Kasckow
AU - E. Ingram
AU - C. Brown
AU - J. D. Tew
AU - K. O. Conner
AU - J. Q. Morse
AU - G. L. Haas
AU - C. F. Reynolds
AU - D. W. Oslin
A1 - 
AB - OBJECTIVES: Depressive disorders are common, and it is important to understand the factors that contribute to racial disparities in depression treatment. This primary care study of veterans with subsyndromal depression examined two hypotheses: that African Americans would be less likely than Caucasians to believe that medication is beneficial in depression treatment and would be more likely to believe that counseling or psychotherapy is beneficial. METHODS: Primary care patients with subsyndromal depression were referred to the Philadelphia Department of Veterans Affairs Behavioral Health Laboratory and asked about past experiences and attitudes toward depression treatment. RESULTS: Among 111 African-American and 95 Caucasian participants, logistic regression analyses determined that African Americans were less likely to view medication as beneficial (odds ratio=.44). No racial differences were found in participants' attitude toward counseling or psychotherapy. CONCLUSIONS: The findings support the premise that clinicians treating patients with subsyndromal depressive syndromes should take into account racial differences in attitudes toward treatment.
BT - Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)
C5 - Healthcare Disparities
CP - 4
CY - United States
DO - 10.1176/appi.ps.62.4.426
IS - 4
JF - Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)
N2 - OBJECTIVES: Depressive disorders are common, and it is important to understand the factors that contribute to racial disparities in depression treatment. This primary care study of veterans with subsyndromal depression examined two hypotheses: that African Americans would be less likely than Caucasians to believe that medication is beneficial in depression treatment and would be more likely to believe that counseling or psychotherapy is beneficial. METHODS: Primary care patients with subsyndromal depression were referred to the Philadelphia Department of Veterans Affairs Behavioral Health Laboratory and asked about past experiences and attitudes toward depression treatment. RESULTS: Among 111 African-American and 95 Caucasian participants, logistic regression analyses determined that African Americans were less likely to view medication as beneficial (odds ratio=.44). No racial differences were found in participants' attitude toward counseling or psychotherapy. CONCLUSIONS: The findings support the premise that clinicians treating patients with subsyndromal depressive syndromes should take into account racial differences in attitudes toward treatment.
PP - United States
PY - 2011
SN - 1557-9700; 1075-2730
SP - 426
EP - 429
EP - 
T1 - Differences in treatment attitudes between depressed African-American and Caucasian veterans in primary care
T2 - Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)
TI - Differences in treatment attitudes between depressed African-American and Caucasian veterans in primary care
U1 - Healthcare Disparities
U2 - 21459996
U3 - 10.1176/appi.ps.62.4.426
VL - 62
VO - 1557-9700; 1075-2730
Y1 - 2011
ER -