Assessment of mental distress among prison inmates in Ghana’s correctional system: a cross-sectional study using the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale

BACKGROUND: Applying global estimates of the prevalence of mental disorders suggests that about 2.4 million Ghanaians have some form of psychiatric distress. Despite the facts that relatively little community-based treatment is available (only 18 psychiatrists are known to actively practice in Ghana...

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Autores principales: Ibrahim, Abdallah, Esena, Reuben K, Aikins, Moses, O’Keefe, Anne Marie, McKay, Mary M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4383079/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25838841
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13033-015-0011-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4383079/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25838841
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13033-015-0011-0

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