Sociocultural practices in Ethiopia: Association with onset and persistence of postnatal common mental disorders

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 197, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 468-475

  Hanlon, Charlotte ^a,b   Medhin, Girmay ^c   Alem, Atalay ^b   Araya, Mesfin ^b   Abdulahi, Abdulreshid ^b   Tomlinson, Mark ^d   Hughes, Marcus ^a   Patel, Vikram ^e,f   Dewey, Michael ^a   Prince, Martin ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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

^f Sangath Centre   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHA EDULIS EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERINATAL PERIOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTNATAL COMMON MENTAL DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PROTECTION; PUERPERIUM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SELF REPORTING QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PERINATAL CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649750141     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.109.076497     Document Type: Article

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