Primary care services for depression in Harare, Zimbabwe

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 157-165

  Abas, Melanie ^a   Mbengeranwa, O Lovemore ^b   Chagwedera, Iris V Simmons ^b   Maramba, Patricia ^b   Broadhead, Jeremy ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attitude of health personnel; Depression; Developing countries; Health care delivery; Low income countries; Mental disorders; Nursing; Primary health care; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZIMBABWE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0037785215     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10673220303952     Document Type: Article

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