Some considerations on women's mental health in Latin America and the Caribbean

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 363-369

  Gaviria, Silvia L ^a   Rondon, Marta B ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CES   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGORAPHOBIA; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEPRESSION; DYSTHYMIA; EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL HEALTH; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ANXIETY; CARIBBEAN REGION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77957571890     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09540261.2010.500868     Document Type: Review

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