Some peace of mind: Assessing a pilot intervention to promote mental health among widows of injecting drug users in north-east India

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kermode, Michelle ^a   Devine, Alexandra ^a   Chandra, Prabha ^b   Dzuvichu, Bernice ^c   Gilbert, Thomhood ^d   Herrman, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^c Youth Action Resource Development (YARD)   (India)

^d Near City High School   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF INJECTION; SOMATIZATION; WIDOW; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TEACHER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTORS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 51649125029     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-294     Document Type: Article

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