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Mental disorders in primary health care: A study of their frequency and diagnosis in four developing countries.

Harding, T. W., De Arango, V., Baltazar, J., Climent, C. E., Ibrahim, H. H. A., Ladrido-Ignacio, L., Wig, N. N.·1980·Psychological Medicine

Abstract

SYNOPSIS: 1624 patients who were attending primary health facilities in 4 developing countries were examined to determine how many were suffering from mental disorder. Using stringent criteria to establish the presence of psychiatric morbidity, 225 cases were found, indicating an overall frequency of 13·9 %. The great majority of cases were suffering from neurotic illnesses and for most the presenting complaint was of a physical symptom, such as headache, abdominal pain, cough or weakness. The health workers following their normal procedure correctly detected one third of the psychiatric cases.

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Authors
Harding, T. W., De Arango, V., Baltazar, J., Climent, C. E., Ibrahim, H. H. A., Ladrido-Ignacio, L., & Wig, N. N.
Corresponding author
Harding, T. W.
Venue
Psychological Medicine
Published
1980-05
Volume
10
Issue
2
Pages
231-241
ISSN
  • 0033-2917 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-8978
OpenAlex
W1994066301
Cited by
1,037
References
27
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FWCI
17.28
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Psychological Medicine (publishedVersion)
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Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Global Health and Epidemiology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychiatric care and mental health services
Keywords
mental illness, psychiatric morbidity, primary care, developing countries, prevalence, neurosis, somatic symptoms, case finding
MeSH terms
Adult, Mental Disorders, Developing Countries, Humans, Neurotic Disorders, Primary Health Care, Psychophysiologic Disorders

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