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Citation

Silva de Lima M, Garcia de Oliveira Soares B, de Jesus Mari J. World Psychiatry 2004; 3(2): 120-122.

Affiliation

Centro de Medicina Baseada em EvidĂȘncias, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brazil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, World Psychiatric Association, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

16633474

PMCID

PMC1414686

Abstract

This paper aims to review the recent mental health epidemiological research conducted in South America. The Latin American and the Caribbean (LILACS) database was searched from 1999 to 2003 using a specific strategy for identification of cohort, case-control and cross-sectional population-based studies in South America. The authors screened references and identified relevant studies. Further studies were obtained contacting local experts in epidemiology. 140 references were identified, and 12 studies were selected. Most selected studies explored the prevalence and risk factors for common mental disorders, and several of them used sophisticated methods of sample selection and analysis. There is a need for improving the quality of psychiatric journals in Latin America, and for increasing the distribution and access to research data. Regionally relevant problems such as violence and substance abuse should be considered in designing future investigations in this area.


Language: en

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