Depressive symptoms among fourth form students in St. Kitts and Nevis high schools

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 149-157

  Lowe, Gillian A ^a   Lipps, Garth ^a   Halliday, Sharon ^b   Morris, Amrie ^c   Clarke, Nelson ^a   Wilson, Rosemarie N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b Ministry of Health   (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Depressive symptoms; Prevalence; St Kitts Nevis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS; SCHOOLS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63649158794     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2009.16     Document Type: Article

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