Mental health spillovers and the millennium development goals : the case of perinatal depression in Khayelitsha, South Africa

dc.contributor.authorTsai, Alexander C.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorTomlinson, Marken_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-03T08:34:44Z
dc.date.available2013-07-03T08:34:44Z
dc.date.issued2012-06-29
dc.descriptionCITATION: Tsai, A. C. & Tomlinson, M. 2012. Mental health spillovers and the millennium development goals : the case of perinatal depression in Khayelitsha, South Africa. Journal of Global Health, 2(1):010302, doi: 10.7189/jogh.02.010302.
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dc.description.abstractMental illness currently ranks among the top ten causes of burden of disease in low-income countries [1]. 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 depressive disorders .
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dc.format.extent7 pages
dc.identifier.citationTsai, A. C. & Tomlinson, M. 2012. Mental health spillovers and the millennium development goals : the case of perinatal depression in Khayelitsha, South Africa. Journal of Global Health, 2(1):010302, doi: 10.7189/jogh.02.010302.
dc.identifier.issn2047-2986 (online)
dc.identifier.otherdoi: 10.7189/jogh.02.010302
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/84563
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEdinburgh University Global Health Society
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dc.subjectPostpartum depressionen_ZA
dc.subjectPerinatal depressionen_ZA
dc.subjectDepression, Mental -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.titleMental health spillovers and the millennium development goals : the case of perinatal depression in Khayelitsha, South Africaen_ZA
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