Migration of children and impact on depression in older parents in rural Thailand, Southeast Asia

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 226-234

  Abas, Melanie ^a   Tangchonlatip, Kanchana ^c   Punpuing, Sureeporn ^c   Jirapramukpitak, Tawanchai ^d   Darawuttimaprakorn, Niphon ^c   Prince, Martin ^a   Flach, Clare ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIGRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOM SAMPLE; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STATUS; THAILAND; WORD LIST RECALL;

EID: 84874069912     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.271     Document Type: Article

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