The prevalence of depression in two districts of Uganda

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 439-445

  Ovuga, Emilio ^a   Boardman, Jed ^b,c   Wasserman, Danuta ^d  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Chaucer Community Resource Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Beck Depression Inventory; Depression; Epidemiology; Prevalence; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UGANDA;

ADULT; CIVIL DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UGANDA;

EID: 22344448554     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-005-0915-0     Document Type: Article

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