Mental Illness and Disability among Elders in Developing Countries: The Case of Nepal

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-87

  Subedi, Sree ^a   Tausig, Mark ^b   Subedi, Janardan ^a   Broughton, C L ^b   Williams Blangero, Sarah ^c  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^c SW Found for Biomedical Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Functional disability; Jirels of Eastern Nepal; Psychiatric disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISABLED PERSON; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOCUMENTATION; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIA; MENTAL DISEASE; NEPAL; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL AREA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOMATIZATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 0346728792     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264303260446     Document Type: Article

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