Predicting postnatal mental disorder with a screening questionnaire: A prospective cohort study from Zimbabwe

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 262-266

  Nhiwatiwa, Sekai ^a   Patel, Vikram ^b,c   Acuda, Wilson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENTAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ZIMBABWE;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0031978206     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.52.4.262     Document Type: Article

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