ArticleSultan Qaboos University medical journal2009
Silent Epidemic of Depression in Women in the Middle East and North Africa Region: Emerging tribulation or fallacy?
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- Child and adolescent mental health disorders in the GCC: A systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of pediatrics & adolescent medicine · 2021Review
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- Psychological disorders and dietary patterns by reduced-rank regression.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2019Article
- The burden of mental disorders in the Eastern Mediterranean region, 1990-2015: findings from the global burden of disease 2015 study.International journal of public health · 2018Article
- Social support and its association with depression, gender and socioeconomic indicators in individuals with spinal cord injury in Iran.Spinal cord · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundAs the world is being gripped by economic depression, international psychological epidemiologists have amassed evidence to suggest that psychological depression and its variants are becoming leading contributors to the global burden of disease with the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region being no exception.
aimThe main aim of the present discourse, based on a review of the available literature, is to discuss critically whether women in the MENA region have a higher rate of psychological depression than those in other parts of the globe.
resultFrom the present synthesis, it emerges that the rate of depression may not be necessarily unique to the region.
conclusionAlthough no society has totally overcome the marginalisation and lack of empowerment of women, in order to come to grips to this complex issue more vigorously designed epidemiological studies, using taxonomies that are standardised for cross-cultural populations, are needed to quantify the psychological functioning of women.
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