Poverty and common mental disorders in low and middle income countries: A systematic review

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 517-528

  Lund, Crick ^a   Breen, Alison ^a   Flisher, Alan J ^a   Kakuma, Ritsuko ^b   Corrigall, Joanne ^a   Joska, John A ^a   Swartz, Leslie ^c   Patel, Vikram ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Developing countries; Development; Mental health; Poverty; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; INCOME; MENTAL HEALTH; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY DETERMINANT; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD SECURITY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MENTAL DISEASE; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY;

EID: 77954029895     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.04.027     Document Type: Article

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