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Maternal mental health in a squatter settlement in Rio de Janeiro
1Instituto de Medicina Social (Departamento de Epidemiologica), Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro.
The British Journal of Psychiatry : the Journal of Mental Science
|November 1, 1991
Abstract:
The literature on household-based measures of mental health in developing countries is limited. Much emphasis is currently placed on the physical well-being of mothers in relation to child care, yet their mental well-being receives little attention. The present study measures maternal mental health in the largest squatter settlement of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The proportion of mothers who were probable cases of mental ill-health was 36%.