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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
Materias:	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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