Life events, difficulties and depression among women in an urban setting in Zimbabwe

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-38

  Broadhead, Jeremy C ^a   Abas, Melanie A ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; THREAT; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEREAVEMENT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONDON; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0031982930     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291797005618     Document Type: Article

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