title: Maternal mental health in a squatter settlement in Rio de Janeiro.
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%.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Medicina Social (Departamento de Epidemiologica), Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Reichenheim
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Harpham
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D001938:Brazil; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology*; D011204:Poverty Areas; D011594:Psychometrics; D015406:Single Parent / Q000523:psychology; D012931:Social Environment