Life stress and mental disorders in the South African Stress and Health study

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 375-382

  Seedat, Soraya ^a   Stein, Dan J ^b   Jackson, Pamela B ^c   Heeringa, Steven G ^d   Williams, David R ^e   Myer, Landon ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMPOSITE INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL STRESS; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; AGED; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651222259     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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