Detecting postnatal common mental disorders in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Validation of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale and Kessler Scales

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 102-108

  Tesfaye, Markos ^a   Hanlon, Charlotte ^b   Wondimagegn, Dawit ^c   Alem, Atalay ^c  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Culture; Depression; Developing countries; Ethiopia; Mental disorders; Post partum; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; TRANSLATING; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649238810     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2009.06.020     Document Type: Article

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