An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Promoting Health Equity by Preventing the Syndemic of Depression and Medical Comorbidity

Affiliations

¹ Department of Mental Health(JJG, JHJ, CH); Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences(JJG, JHJ). Electronic address: jgallo@jhsph.edu.
² Department of Mental Health(JJG, JHJ, CH); Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences(JJG, JHJ).
³ Department of Epidemiology(KV, JT); Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland USA (KV, JT).
⁴ Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland USA (EEM).
⁵ Department of Mental Health(JJG, JHJ, CH).

Editorial

Joseph J Gallo et al. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2021 Jan.

. 2021 Jan;29(1):12-14.

doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2020.10.013. Epub 2020 Oct 28.

¹ Department of Mental Health(JJG, JHJ, CH); Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences(JJG, JHJ). Electronic address: jgallo@jhsph.edu.
² Department of Mental Health(JJG, JHJ, CH); Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences(JJG, JHJ).
³ Department of Epidemiology(KV, JT); Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland USA (KV, JT).
⁴ Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland USA (EEM).
⁵ Department of Mental Health(JJG, JHJ, CH).

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