The prevalence of anxiety and depression symptoms and syndromes in Kenyan children and adolescents

Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-51

  Ndetei, David M ^a,b   Khasakhala, Lincoln ^a,b   Nyabola, Lambert ^b   Ongecha Owuor, Francisca ^a,b,c   Seedat, Soraya ^d   Mutiso, Victoria ^b   Kokonya, Donald ^b,e   Odhiambo, Gideon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b Africa Mental Health Foundation   (Kenya)

^c Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology   (Kenya)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e Kakamega Provincial General Hospital   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL ANXIETY SCALE FOR CHILDREN; NDETEI OTHIENO KATHUKU SCALE FOR DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHOBIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RATING SCALE; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SHORT LEYTON OBSESSIONAL INVENTORY FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 50049101742     PISSN: 17280583     EISSN: 17280591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/JCAMH.2008.20.1.6.491     Document Type: Article

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