Citation

Siefert K, Bowman PJ, Heflin CM, Danziger S, Williams DR. Am. J. Orthopsychiatry 2000; 70(4): 510-522.

Affiliation

NIMH Research Center on Poverty, Risk, and Mental Health, School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, American Orthopsychiatric Association, Publisher Wiley Blackwell)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11086529

Abstract

Depression is highly prevalent in welfare recipients, and is associated with failure to move from welfare to work. This paper examines the relationship between social and environmental factors in a large, community-based sample of mothers who currently or recently received welfare benefits. Specific and modifiable risk factors related to poverty, gender, and race were found to predict major depression beyond traditional risk factors. Research and practice implications are discussed.

Language: en