Roberto Lewis?Fernández|Amar K. Das|Carolina Alfonso|Myrna M. Weissman|Mark Olfson
Depression in US Hispanics: Diagnostic and Management Considerations in Family Practice
Stanford University|Columbia University|New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute|Columbia University|New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute|Stanford University|New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute|Columbia University|Stanford University|Columbia University|New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute|Stanford University
us hispanics currently largest minority group country face disparities recognition treatment major depression article provides evidencebased review prevalence presentation management major depression primary care heterogeneous ethnic group underrecognition depression adult hispanic americans may related language differences health literacy barriers somatic presentations use cultural idioms distress hispanic patients often agreeable treatment group may tend prefer psychotherapy combined counseling medication pharmacotherapy alone recent studies found psychological pharmacologic treatment options efficacious minority group treatment adherence actively monitored help ensure effectiveness help reduce number depressed hispanic patients pass primary care undetected inadequately treated family physicians make concerted effort increase awareness presentation major depression population actively promote adherence effective treatments