Prevalence and risk factors of depression in childhood and adolescence as seen in 4 districts of north-eastern Uganda

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kinyanda, Eugene ^a,b   Kizza, Ruth ^c   Abbo, Catherine ^c   Ndyanabangi, Sheila ^d   Levin, Jonathan ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DYSTHYMIA; EATING DISORDER; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; UGANDA; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEMOGRAPHY; MENTAL DISORDERS; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; UGANDA;

EID: 84875820738     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-13-19     Document Type: Article

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