The onset of common mental disorders in primary care attenders in Harare, Zimbabwe

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 97-104

  Todd, C ^b   Patel, Vikram ^a   Simunyu, E ^b   Gwanzura, F ^b   Acuda, W ^b   Winston, M ^b   Mann, A ^b  

^a Sangath Ctr Child Devmt Fam Guid   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; SYMPOSIUM; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT INDICATION; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0032950892     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291798007661     Document Type: Article

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