Approaching depression as a public health problem in Mexico

Salud Mental

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-10

  Wagner, Fernando A ^a   González Forteza, Catalina ^b   Sánchez García, Sergio ^c   García Peña, Carmen ^c   Gallo, Joseph J ^d  

^a MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ramón de La Fuente National Institute of Psychiatry   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Epidemiology; Healthcare services; Mexico; Public health; Review literature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862840745     PISSN: 01853325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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