Adversities in childhood and adult psychopathology in the South Africa Stress and Health Study: Associations with first-onset DSM-IV disorders

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1847-1854

  Slopen, Natalie ^a   Williams, David R ^a   Seedat, Soraya ^b   Moomal, Hashim ^c   Herman, Allen ^d   Stein, Dan J ^e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Childhood adversity; DSM IV; Life course; Mental health; Psychopathology; Race; South Africa; South Africa Stress and Health Study (SASH); Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; RACE;

ADDICTION; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL INDICATOR; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FAMILY RELATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD DISORDER; ONSET AGE; PREDICTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MOOD DISORDERS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 78049250353     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.08.015     Document Type: Article

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