The prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of mental distress in Butajira, Ethiopia

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 100, Issue SUPPL.S397, 1999, Pages 48-55

  Alem, A ^a   Kebede, D ^b   Woldesemiat, G ^a   Jacobsson, L ^c   Kullgren, G ^c  

^a Amanuel Psychiatric Hospital   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c Llmea1 University   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Mental distress; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; AGE; DEMOGRAPHY; MENTAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032616242     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1999.tb10694.x     Document Type: Article

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