Prevalence, pattern and determinants of mental disorders in rural Bangladesh

Public Health

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-24

  Monawar Hosain, G M ^a,b   Chatterjee, Nilesh ^b,c   Ara, Nighat ^d   Islam, Tariqul ^e  

^a Gono University   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Kalyani Media Group   (India)

^d Central Drug Addiction Hospital   (Bangladesh)

^e Gonoshasthaya Kendra   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Determinants; Mental disorder; Pattern; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; VILLAGE;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOSIS; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCREENING TEST; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33845988763     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.06.018     Document Type: Article

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