The impact of epidemic violence on the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

<h4>Background</h4>Violence and other traumatic events, as well as psychiatric disorders are frequent in developing countries, but there are few population studies to show the actual impact of traumatic events in the psychiatric morbidity in low and middle-income countries (LMIC).<h4&...

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Main Authors: Wagner Silva Ribeiro, Jair de Jesus Mari, Maria Inês Quintana, Michael E Dewey, Sara Evans-Lacko, Liliane Maria Pereira Vilete, Ivan Figueira, Rodrigo Affonseca Bressan, Marcelo Feijó de Mello, Martin Prince, Cleusa P Ferri, Evandro Silva Freire Coutinho, Sérgio Baxter Andreoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23667636/?tool=EBI