The mental health impact of AIDS-related mortality in South Africa: A national study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 293-298

  Myer, L ^a,b   Seedat, S ^c   Stein, D J ^a,c   Moomal, H ^d   Williams, D R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DRUG USER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MORTALITY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 66149102488     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.080861     Document Type: Article

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