Common Mental Disorders and Risk Factors in Urban Tanzania

Rachel Jenkins, Joseph Mbatia, Nicola Singleton and Bethany White
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Rachel Jenkins: WHO Collaborating Centre (Mental Health), Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, UK
Joseph Mbatia: Mental Health, Ministry of Health, Tanzania
Nicola Singleton: Policy & Research, UK Drug Policy Commission; UK
Bethany White: WHO Collaborating Centre (Mental Health), Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, UK

IJERPH, 2010, vol. 7, issue 6, 1-16

Abstract: A cross sectional population based epidemiological survey of 899 adults aged between 15 and 59 was undertaken in two urban areas of demographic surveillance sites in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, using the Clinical Interview Schedule Revised. Significantly higher rates were found among those who had experienced more than three severe life events in the last six months and relationship difficulties and death of a loved one.

Keywords: common mental disorder; Tanzania; poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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