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Maternal Mental Health in a Squatter Settlement in Rio de Janeiro

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Michael E. Reichenheim  and
Trudy Harpham
Michael E. Reichenheim
Affiliation:
Institute de Medicina Social (Departamento de Epidemiologica), Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro
Trudy Harpham*
Affiliation:
Health Policy Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

The literature on household-based measures of mental health in developing countries is limited. Much emphasis is currently placed on the physical well-being of mothers in relation to child care, yet their mental well-being receives little attention. The present study measures maternal mental health in the largest squatter settlement of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The proportion of mothers who were probable cases of mental ill-health was 36%.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 159 , Issue 5 , November 1991 , pp. 683 - 690
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Copyright © 1991 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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