Citation

Wilson C, Civic D, Glass D. Am. Indian Alsk. Native Ment. Health Res. 1995; 6(2): 1-12.

Affiliation

United States Public Health Service, Mescalero Indian Hospital, NM 88340, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, National Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7734607

Abstract

Depression is common among patients visiting primary care clinics. In order to describe the prevalence of depressive syndromes in an American Indian primary care clinic population and to help define the clinical correlates of depressive syndromes in this setting, a clinic-based research study of depression was undertaken by the Indian Health Service (IHS). One hundred and six patients from an IHS primary care clinic were systematically enlisted for participation in the study. Participants completed the Inventory for Diagnosing Depression (IDD). Twenty-two (20.7%) responded with answers scoring positive for a depressive syndrome. Nine of these 22 (8.9% of the 106 participants) met IDD criteria for a major depressive syndrome. A diagnosis of depression, a past history of depression, use of mental health facilities, unexplained pains, and antidepressant medication use were associated with the presence of a depressive syndrome.

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