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. 2004 Jan;94(1):71-7.
doi: 10.2105/ajph.94.1.71.

Prevalence and correlates of mental disorders among Native American women in primary care

Bonnie Duran  1 , Margaret Sanders, Betty Skipper, Howard Waitzkin, Lorraine Halinka Malcoe, Susan Paine, Joel Yager
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Prevalence and correlates of mental disorders among Native American women in primary care

Bonnie Duran et al. Am J Public Health. 2004 Jan.

Abstract

Objectives: We examined the lifetime and the past-year prevalence and correlates of common mental disorders among American Indian and Alaska Native women who presented for primary care.

Methods: We screened 489 consecutively presenting female primary care patients aged 18 through 45 years with the General Health Questionnaire, 12-item version. A subsample (n = 234) completed the Composite International Diagnostic Interview. We examined associations between psychiatric disorders and sociodemographic variables, boarding school attendance, and psychopathology in the family of origin.

Results: The study participants had high rates of alcohol use disorders, anxiety disorders, and anxiety/depression comorbidity compared with other samples of non-American Indian/Alaska Native women in primary care settings.

Conclusions: There is a need for culturally appropriate mental health treatments and preventive services.

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