SICKLE CELL DISEASE: A STIGMATIZING CONDITION THAT MAY LEAD TO DEPRESSION

Volume: 26, Issue: 10, Pages: 1081 - 1101
Published: Jan 1, 2005
Abstract
Individuals with a chronic illness such as sickle cell disease are at risk for depression. Moreover, they are at risk for untreated depression. Depression may go untreated because of the stigma and high rates of disability associated with this chronic illness that most often affects African Americans in the United States. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to describe depressive symptoms using the Beck Depression Inventory Fast Screen...
Paper Details
Title
SICKLE CELL DISEASE: A STIGMATIZING CONDITION THAT MAY LEAD TO DEPRESSION
Published Date
Jan 1, 2005
Volume
26
Issue
10
Pages
1081 - 1101
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