TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Depression risks in mothers of children with developmental disabilities: A cross-cultural comparison of Brazil, Colombia, Malaysia and Thailand
JO  - International journal of social psychiatry
A1  - Osada, Hirokazu
A1  - Amorim, Annibal Coelho de
A1  - Velosa, Andrea
A1  - Wan, Wong Poh
A1  - Lotrakul, Panpimol
A1  - Hara, Hitoshi
SP  - 398
EP  - 400
VL  - 59
IS  - 4
N2  - Background: Compared with US or European countries, there are fewer mental health services for mothers of children with developmental disabilities in Latin American and/or Southeast Asian countries.    Aims: To explore the risk of depression in mothers of children with developmental disabilities in countries with a lack of mental health professionals, we conducted cross-cultural comparisons for four countries: Brazil, Colombia, Malaysia and Thailand.    Methods: Using the CES-D, we compared the participants' depressive symptoms, by which we also estimated the probability of morbid depression.    Results: In every country, participants tended to show depressive symptoms. In the CES-D total scores and the numbers of mothers who were observed to have a high level of depressive symptoms, there were significant differences among countries (F = 4.36, p = .006; χ2 = 10.3, p = .015).    Conclusions: Considering cultural models, we could apply evidence-based intervention to depressive mothers of children, and conduct intervention and treatment for those mothers and evaluate ways of providing better mental health services to these individuals.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0020-7640
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020764012438477
ID  - ref1
ER  -