Exposure to violence and mental health problems in low and middle-income countries: A literature review;Exposição à violência e problemas de saúde mental em países em desenvolvimento: Uma revisão da literatura

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Ribeiro, Wagner S ^a,b   Andreoli, Sergio B ^a,c   Ferri, Cleusa P ^a,b   Prince, Martin ^b   Mari, Jair De Jesus ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF SANTOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Cross sectional studies; Mental disorders; Review; Violence

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE INCOME GROUP; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 73549083674     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-44462009000600003     Document Type: Review

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