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Poverty and mental disorders

Breaking the cycle in low-income and middle-income countries

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ID23361981
AuthorsCrick Lund (0000-0002-5159-8220, University of Cape Town, corresponding author), Mary De Silva (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), Sophie Plagerson (0000-0002-8018-2080, South African Medical Research Council), Cooper (0000-0001-9894-236X, University of Cape Town), Sara Cooper (0000-0001-9473-8636), Dan Chisholm (World Health Organization), Jishnu Das (0000-0002-5909-3585, World Bank Group), Mel Knapp (0000-0003-1427-0215, King's College London), Martin Knapp, Vikram Patel (0000-0003-1066-8584, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
Year2011
Volume378
Issue9801
Pages1502-1514
Publication date2011-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Lancet (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0099-5355 • E-ISSN: 0140-6736
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/s0140-6736(11)60754-x
PMID22008425
OpenAlexW1966518345
LanguageEN
Citations received239
References cited38

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