Mental health treatment seeking among older adults with depression: the impact of stigma and race.

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Published in Am J Geriatr Psychiatry on June 01, 2010

Authors

Kyaien O Conner1, Valire Carr Copeland, Nancy K Grote, Gary Koeske, Daniel Rosen, Charles F Reynolds, Charlotte Brown

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Connerko@upmc.edu

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