Poverty and mental illness: Fact or fiction? A commentary on Das, Do, Friedman, McKenzie & Scott (65:3, 2007, 467-480)

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2061-2063

  Corrigall, Joanne ^a   Lund, Crick ^a   Patel, Vikram ^b   Plagerson, Sophie ^b   Funk, Michelle K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Mental illness; Poverty; Social epidemiology

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; MENTAL HEALTH; POVERTY;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MENTAL DISEASE; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 41249086492     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.01.005     Document Type: Note

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