Mental health spillovers and the Millennium Development Goals: The case of perinatal depression in Khayelitsha, South Africa

• Auteurs principaux: Alexander C. Tsai1 (Auteur), Mark Tomlinson (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: Edinburgh University Global Health Society, 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Sujets: article
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Mental illness currently ranks among the top ten causes of burden of disease in low-income countries. In the African region specifically, neuropsychiatric disorders account for approximately 5% of disability-adjusted life years lost, with nearly one-quarter of this burden attributable to unipolar de...