Stress Sensitivity and Psychotic Experiences in 39 Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1353-1362

  DeVylder, Jordan E ^a   Koyanagi, Ai ^b,c   Unick, Jay ^a   Oh, Hans ^d,e   Nam, Boyoung ^a   Stickley, Andrew ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^f SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

psychosis; schizophrenia; stress; World Health Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; STRESS; ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; AGED; ASIA; COMPLICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EUROPE; GLOBAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SOUTH AMERICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ASIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SOUTH AMERICA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84994430037     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbw044     Document Type: Article

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