Gender disadvantage and common mental disorders in women

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 513-524

  Chandra, Prabha S ^a   Satyanarayana, Veena A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^b ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; WAR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

COMORBIDITY; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WOMEN;

EID: 78149260861     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09540261.2010.516427     Document Type: Review

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