TY  - CHAP
AB  - Women are nearly twice as likely as men to suffer a major depressive episode (Kessler et al., 1994). Risk of onset for single mothers is twice that of married mothers and financial hardship also doubles the risk of becoming depressed (Brown & Moran, 1997). If diagnosed, depression can be effectively treated, typically with pharmacotherapy or psychotherapy or some combination of the two (Goldman et al., 1999; Sirey et al., 1999). But a sizable majority of sufferers remain undiagnosed and untreated (Lennon et al., 2001). Such treatment can be prohibitively expensive to patients who lack health insurance, particularly those with few financial resources. Although most low-income women have a safety net in Medicaid, welfare reform’s delinking of Medicaid from welfare cash assistance has left uncovered many who are eligible for the benefits (Garrett & Holahan, 2000).
VL  - 15
SN  - 978-0-76231-111-8, 978-1-84950-274-0/0194-3960
DO  - 10.1016/S0194-3960(04)15010-5
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0194-3960(04)15010-5
AU  - Roberts Allison A
ED  - David E. Marcotte
ED  - Virginia Wilcox
PY  - 2004
Y1  - 2004/01/01
TI  - INSURANCE STATUS OF DEPRESSED LOW-INCOME WOMEN
T2  - The Economics of Gender and Mental Illness
T3  - Research in Human Capital and Development
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 177
EP  - 193
Y2  - 2024/04/19
ER  -