Depressive episodes in Sardinian emigrants to Argentina: Why are females at risk?

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 452-456

  Carta, Mauro Giovanni ^a   Reda, Mario Antonio ^b   Consul, Maria Eugenia ^c   Brasesco, Veronica ^d   Cetkovich Bakmans, Marcelo ^e   Hardoy, Maria Carolina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c Asociacion Medica Primo Camilletti   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DEL SALVADOR   (Argentina)

^e Asociacion Argentina Psiquiatria Biologica   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Community survey; Depressive episodes; Migration; Mood disorders; Risk gender; Transcultural psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRANCE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGENTINA; DEPRESSION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33748876010     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-006-0052-4     Document Type: Article

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