Objective. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of psychological distress and
associated factors among outpatients in an urban hospital in South Africa. Method. A sample …

Background: Physical illness is commonly associated with psychological distress that may
be a direct effect of the illness or an adjustment in coping with the physical illness or its …

Objective: Past studies of psychiatric disorders in primary care in developing countries have
utilized measures to determine conspicuous psychiatric morbidity (CPM) rather than …

Objective. To investigate two professional groups (doctors and teachers) with regard to
symptoms of anxiety and depression as a measure of psychological distress, as well as …

The authors screened two hundred randomly selected patients at two Nyanza hospitals by
using validated version of the Self Reporting QuestionnaIre (SRQ), and Standardized …

Mental disorders lead to difficulties in social, occupational and marital relations. Failure to
detect mental disorder denies patients potentially effective treatment. This study aimed to …

It has been argued that prevalence rates for psychopathology in Africa are stable over lime
and setting. There are, however, few longitudinal studies, and these conclusions are mainly …

Objectives There is a paucity of studies on psychosocial disorders in a clinic population in
Jamaica. Therefore, we sought to determine the prevalence and correlates of symptoms of …

Background: Depression is common psychiatric disorder among general outpatients.
Prevalence of depression and associated factors among this population has been studied in …

Background: Health care is a demanding profession physically and mentally which
contributes risk for mental distress. Even though it studied well in economically advanced …