The prevalence and characteristics of suicidality in HIV/AIDS as seen in an African population in Entebbe district, Uganda

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kinyanda, Eugene ^a   Hoskins, Susan ^b   Nakku, Juliet ^c   Nawaz, Saira ^d   Patel, Vikram ^e  

^a MRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS and Senior EDCTP Fellowship   (Uganda)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c Butabika National Psychiatric Referral Hospital   (Uganda)

^d DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^e WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African population; Attempted suicide; HIV AIDS; Prevalence; Suicidality

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INSECURITY; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRESS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDALITY; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; AFRICAN; GENDER; PREVALENCE; UGANDA; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862259825     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-12-63     Document Type: Article

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