Mental health and poverty in developing countries: Revisiting the relationship

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 467-480

  Das, Jishnu ^a   Do, Quy Toan ^a   Friedman, Jed ^a   McKenzie, David ^a   Scott, Kinnon ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative; Developing countries; Household concordance; Mental health; Poverty; Socioeconomic gradients

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING WORLD; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INDONESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MEXICO; MOOD DISORDER; POVERTY; PREDICTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; TONGA; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ASIA; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; INDIA; INDONESIA; MEXICO [MEXICO (NTN)]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TONGA;

EID: 34347339392     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.02.037     Document Type: Article

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