The South Africa Stress and Health Study: Rationale and design

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dc.contributor.authorWilliams D.R.
dc.contributor.authorHerman A.
dc.contributor.authorKessler R.C.
dc.contributor.authorSonnega J.
dc.contributor.authorSeedat S.
dc.contributor.authorStein D.J.
dc.contributor.authorMoomal H.
dc.contributor.authorWilson C.M.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-15T15:59:59Z
dc.date.available2011-05-15T15:59:59Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.description.abstractThe South Africa Stress and Health Study (SASH) is a large psychiatric epidemiological survey that is currently underway in South Africa. It is a part of the World Health Organization's World Mental Health (WMH) 2000 initiative and seeks to complete interviews with a nationally representative sample of 5000 adults. The WMH initiative is obtaining population-based data on the prevalence and severity of specific psychiatric disorders, demographic and psychosocial correlates of these diagnoses, and the levels and adequacy of mental health service utilization. SASH is using the fully structured pencil and paper version of the WHO Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) to assess lifetime and 12-month rates of mental disorders using both the DSM-IV and the ICD-10 diagnostic systems. In addition, the SASH seeks to collect information on the prevalence of exposure to physical and psychological torture in South Africa and to assess the association between such traumas and specific psychiatric disorders. It will also assess a broad range of risk factors and resources that may modify the association between exposure to human rights violations and mental health.
dc.description.versionConference Paper
dc.identifier.citationMetabolic Brain Disease
dc.identifier.citation19
dc.identifier.citation02-Jan
dc.identifier.issn8857490
dc.identifier.other10.1023/B:MEBR.0000027424.86587.74
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/11467
dc.subjectadult
dc.subjectconference paper
dc.subjectcorrelation analysis
dc.subjectdemography
dc.subjectdiagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
dc.subjectdisease severity
dc.subjecthealth care utilization
dc.subjecthealth survey
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjecthuman rights
dc.subjectmental disease
dc.subjectmental health
dc.subjectmental health service
dc.subjectmental stress
dc.subjectprevalence
dc.subjectpsychologic test
dc.subjectrisk factor
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectworld health organization
dc.subjectreview
dc.subjectstatistics
dc.subjectHealth Surveys
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectMental Disorders
dc.subjectMental Health Services
dc.subjectPrevalence
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectStress, Psychological
dc.subjectWorld Health Organization
dc.titleThe South Africa Stress and Health Study: Rationale and design
dc.typeConference Paper
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