Mental health spillovers and the Millennium Development Goals: The case of perinatal depression in Khayelitsha, South Africa
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 d...
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Language: | English |
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Edinburgh University Global Health Society
2012-06-01
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Series: | Journal of Global Health |
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Online Access: | http://www.jogh.org/documents/issue201201/6-Viewpoint%20Tsai.pdf |