High burden of mental illness and low utilization of care among school-going youth in Central Haiti: A window into the youth mental health treatment gap in a low-income country

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 261-274

  Eustache, Eddy ^a   Gerbasi, Margaret E ^b   Smith Fawzi, Mary C ^b   Fils Aimé, J Reginald ^a   Severe, Jennifer ^b,c   Raviola, Giuseppe J ^b,d,e   Legha, Rupinder ^f   Darghouth, Sarah ^g   Grelotti, David J ^h   Thérosmé, Tatiana ^a   Pierre, Ermaze L ^a   Affricot, Emmeline ^a   Alcindor, Yoldie ^a   Becker, Anne E ^b,g  

^a Mental Health and Psychosocial Services   (Haïti)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Haiti; low income countries; mental health burden; Mental health treatment gap; youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POVERTY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SCHOOL; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SCHOOLS; SELF REPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85018442314     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764017700174     Document Type: Article

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