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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Depression in Ethiopia: A Review

Author(s) -

Tesera Bitew

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

ethiopian journal of health sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.479

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 2413-7170

pISSN - 1029-1857

DOI - 10.4314/ejhs.v24i2.9

Subject(s) - cidi , depression (economics) , marital status , medicine , psychiatry , prevalence , medline , demography , mental health , family medicine , environmental health , population , prevalence of mental disorders , sociology , political science , law , economics , macroeconomics

Depression is the most common and disabling mental illness in the globe. It accounts for about 6.5% of the burden of diseases in Ethiopia. Regardless of its severity and relapse rate, there are no synthesized evidences about its prevalence and potential risk factors in Ethiopia. The aim of this review was thus to synthesize scientific information about the prevalence and potential risk factors of depression in Ethiopia.

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