Depressive Affect Among Four Ethnic Groups of Male Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
- Lawrence Fisher, PhD,
- Grace Laurencin, MD,
- Catherine A. Chesla, RN, DNSc,
- Marilyn M. Skaff, PhD,
- Joseph T. Mullan, PhD,
- Phillip S. Gardiner, PhD and
- Kevin M. Chun, PhD
Abstract
In Brief Members of minority groups with diabetes display high rates of depressive affect and clinical depression. These rates vary by ethnic group, although all rates are higher than those of people without diabetes. Education, income, and family relationships may account for some of these differences.
Footnotes
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Lawrence Fisher, PhD, is a professor in the Family and Community Medicine and Psychiatry Departments; Grace Laurencin, MD, is an assistant clinical professor and research fellow in theDepartment of Family and Community Medicine; Catherine A. Chesla, RN, DNSc, is a professor in the Department of Family Health Care Nursing; Marilyn M. Skaff, PhD, is an assistant adjunct professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine; and Joseph T. Mullan, PhD, is an assistant adjunct professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. Phillip S. Gardiner, PhD, is a senior research scientist in the Office of the President at the University of California. Kevin M. Chun, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of San Francisco.
- American Diabetes Association
