Lifetime mental disorders and suicidal behaviour in South Africa

African Journal of Psychiatry (South Africa)

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 134-139

  Khasakhala, L ^a,b   Sorsdahl, K R ^c   Harder, V S ^b,d   Williams, D R ^e   Stein, D J ^c   Ndetei, D M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b Africa Mental Health Foundation   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental disorders; South Africa; Suicide; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPOSITE INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESPAN; MENTAL DISEASE; ONSET AGE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SURVIVAL TIME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MENTAL DISORDERS; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054023462     PISSN: 19948220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajpsy.v14i2.5     Document Type: Article

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