Common mental disorder symptoms among patients with malaria attending primary care in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional survey.

BACKGROUND:Common Mental Disorders (CMDs) are frequent among patients attending primary care. In Africa, CMDs are often misdiagnosed as physical illnesses because many of the patients complain of somatic symptoms of mental distress. We explored whether there was difference in the levels of CMD sympt...

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Main Authors: Markos Tesfaye, Charlotte Hanlon, Fasil Tessema, Martin Prince, Atalay Alem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4182507?pdf=render