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Need for culturally and ethnically specific measures and measures of social determinants of health in mental health research among indigenous populations

Commentary on “Depression, child trauma, and physical activity in older indigenous Australians” by Rowland et al.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2023

K. S. Bagot*
Affiliation:
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Addiction Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1399 Park Ave, New York, NY 10029, USA

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© International Psychogeriatric Association 2023

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