Between life and death: Exploring the sociocultural context of antenatal mental distress in rural Ethiopia

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 385-393

  Hanlon, Charlotte ^a   Whitley, Rob ^b   Wondimagegn, Dawit ^a   Alem, Atalay ^a   Prince, Martin ^c  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Mental health; Pregnancy; Qualitative; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET RESTRICTION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY PLANNING; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; ILLEGITIMACY; LABOR; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT SAFETY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STARVATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049389770     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-010-0149-3     Document Type: Article

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