Prevalence and determinants of depression among patients under the care of traditional health practitioners in a Kenyan setting: Policy implications

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 285-303

  Musyimi, Christine W ^a   Mutiso, Victoria N ^a   Musau, Abednego M ^a   Matoke, Lydia K ^b,c   Ndetei, David M ^a,d  

^a Africa Mental Health Foundation   (Kenya)

^b National Traditional Health Practitioners Association   (Kenya)

^c Herbalist Society of Kenya   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

depression; determinants; Kenya; mhGAP IG; prevalence; traditional health practitioner

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DSM-IV; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNEMPLOYMENT; VERY ELDERLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN MEDICINE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPIRITUAL HEALING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FAITH HEALING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85019652523     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: 14617471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461517705590     Document Type: Article

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