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Depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation, and mental health care-seeking in central Mozambique

Halsted, Sheldon; Ásbjörnsdóttir, Kristjana H; Wagenaar, Bradley H; Cumbe, Vasco; Augusto, Orvalho; Gimbel, Sarah; Manaca, Nelia; Manuel, João Luis; Sherr, Kenneth.

Soc. psychiatr. psychiatr. epidemiol; 54 (12), 2019

Purpose: There is scant research on depressive symptoms (DS), suicidal ideation (SI), and mental health care-seeking in Mozambique. Methods: Generalized estimating equations were used to assess factors associated with DS, SI, and mental health care-seeking among 3080 individuals interviewed in a represen...

Depressão/epidemiologia, Transtornos Mentais/epidemiologia, Saúde Mental/estatística & dados numéricos, Moçambique, Aceitação pelo Paciente de Cuidados de Saúde, Ideação Suicida, Prevalência

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