Social factors associated with chronic depression among a population-based sample of women in rural Pakistan

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 618-624

  Husain, Nusrat ^a,b   Gater, Richard ^c   Tomenson, Barbara ^c   Creed, Francis ^c  

^a Rawalpindi General Hospital   (Pakistan)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Developing country; Prevalence; Social difficulties; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FINANCE; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; PAKISTAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 5644253329     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-004-0781-1     Document Type: Article

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