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Prevalence and Correlates of Depression as a Secondary Condition Among Adults With Disabilities
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Prevalence and Correlates of Depression as a Secondary Condition Among Adults With Disabilities

Monika Mitra, Nancy Wilber, Deborah Allen and Deborah Klein Walker
American journal of orthopsychiatry, Vol.75(1), pp.76-85
01/2005
PMID: 15709852

Abstract

Disabled people Disabled adults Adults with disabilities Depression People with Disabilities Public Health
This article examines the associations among environmental factors, healthy behaviors, and depression in a sample of adults with major disabilities. When sociodemographics and type and level of disability were controlled, environmental factors (e.g., access to care, contacts with friends, and experience of assault) and risk behaviors (e.g., tobacco use, marijuana use, and physical exercise) were significant correlates of depression. Public health practice and research implications are discussed.

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