Life events associated with major depression in Ugandan primary healthcare (Phc) patients: Issues of cultural specificity

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 144-163

  Muhwezi, Winstons W ^a   Ågren, Hans ^b   Neema, Stella ^a   Koma Maganda, Albert ^c   Musisi, Seggane ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Depression; Life events; Primary healthcare; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UGANDA; WORKING TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CONTROL GROUPS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; UGANDA; WORK;

EID: 40149106474     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764007083878     Document Type: Article

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