Depression: a major public healthproblem facing the Caribbean
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Depression: A major public health problem facing the Caribbean.
Epidemiological studies indicate that depression is a common disorder worldwide (1, 2). Estimates of the lifetime prevalence for this disorder range from 5–17% of the population in the USA (3–4). However a MEDLINE trawl of two hundred and seventy-five publications on mental health issues in Caribbean people revealed a paucity of written material on depression in the region. In the Global Burden...
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عنوان ژورنال: West Indian Medical Journal
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0043-3144
DOI: 10.1590/s0043-31442005000600001