Post-partum depression in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: Validation of a concept using a mixed-methods cross-cultural approach

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1534-1542

  Bass, Judith K ^a   Ryder, Robert W ^b   Lammers, Marie Christine ^c   Mukaba, Thibaut N ^d   Bolton, Paul A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c Centre for Ethnopsychology and Psychoanalysis   (Gabon)

^d UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Democratic Republic of Congo; Maternal; Mental health; Validity

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SURVEY; MATERNAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; HOPKINS SYMPTOM CHECKLIST; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; URBAN POPULATION;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; KINSHASA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VILLE DE KINSHASA;

EID: 56849085991     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02160.x     Document Type: Article

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