The psychological toll of slum living in Mumbai, India: A mixed methods study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 119, Issue , 2014, Pages 155-169

  Subbaraman, Ramnath ^a,b   Nolan, Laura ^c   Shitole, Tejal ^a   Sawant, Kiran ^a   Shitole, Shrutika ^a   Sood, Kunal ^d   Nanarkar, Mahesh ^a   Ghannam, Jess ^d   Betancourt, Theresa S ^e   Bloom, David E ^e   Patil Deshmukh, Anita ^a  

^a Partners for Urban Knowledge Action and Research (PUKAR)   (India)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Common mental disorders; Depression; India; Informal settlements; Mental health; Poverty; Slums; Urban

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL EXCLUSION;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SLUM; SLUM ADVERSITY INDEX; SOCIAL STATUS; WHO DISABILITY ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE 2.0; AGE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; MUMBAI;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908372216     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.08.021     Document Type: Article

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