title: Spotting depression in Asian patients.
abstract: Nurses unfamiliar with the cultural norms of Asian-born or Asian-American women and the challenges they face may be overlooking a troubling condition in these patients: depression. Here's what you need to know to recognize and treat mental health problems in this group, and to become more culturally sensitive in general.
authors.affiliation: Kent State University, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Estin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000451:nursing*; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D016746:Transcultural Nursing