title: [Prevalence of mental health problems in parents of children with malnutrition in one area of Tegucigalpa, Honduras].
abstract: Prevalence of mental disorders in parents is one of major causes of serious malnutrition levels in children. A high proportion of III-grade malnutrition in parents, however, was found among individuals with no mental pathology whatever. The only explanation for this is, of course, people's distressing economic level and social condition. A positive correlation was also established between disability caused by mental diseases, and the malnutrition level in children. The commonest mental diseases to be found were, firstly, mixed neurosis; secondly, intermittent alcoholism, and finally mixed alcoholism.
authors.affiliation: Servicio Varones, Hospital Psiquíatrico Santa Rosita, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Meza
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006721:Honduras; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010290:Parents; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000209:etiology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
vernacular_title: Prevalencia de problemas de salud mental en padres de niños desnutridos en un área de Tegucigalpa, Honduras.