title: Symptoms of DSM-III-R major depression among Anglo, African and Mexican American adolescents.
abstract: Ethnocultural differences in the phenomenology of DSM-III-R major depression among adolescents was examined in a sample of 334 Anglo, African and Mexican American patients 12-17 years of age. Diagnoses were made using the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children, Version 2.1. Analyses of rates of individual symptoms as well as the nine DSM-III-R criteria revealed minimal differences among youths in the three ethnic groups who received a diagnosis of major depressive disorder. There also were minimal differences between boys and girls in symptom profiles.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, University of Texas Houston Health Science Center 77225, USA.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: Y W
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Solovitz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012737:Sex Factors; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*