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Peru Metropolitan Epidemiological Study on Mental Health 2002

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Estudio Epidemiológico Metropolitano en Salud Mental 2002
Provider 
National Institute of Mental Health "Honorio Delgado - Hideyo Noguchi"
Tabulations only
Geography 
Peru (PER)
Callao, Lima
Coverage type 
Subnational
Time period covered 
08/2002 - 11/2002
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
Summary 

Conducted by Peru's National Institute of Mental Health, this survey is an epidemiological study of the mental health characteristics of the population, the prevalence of mental disorders and use of mental health services, and risk and protection factors in Metropolitan Lima and Callao. The study selected four units of analysis: adolescents (12-17 years old), women married or cohabitating, adults 18 years or older, and adults older than 60 years. Approximately 2,400 households were surveyed. The survey interviewed 2,077 adults; 1,838 partnered women; 632 aged adults; 991 adolescents.

Keywords 
Adolescents, Aged adults, Alcohol use disorders, Amphetamine use disorders, Anorexia nervosa, Anxiety, Anxiety disorders, Bipolar affective disorder, Bulimia nervosa, Cannabis use disorders, Cocaine use disorders, Community health clinics, Counseling, Disability, Domestic violence, Drug use disorders, Eating disorders, Education, Employment, Health care access, Health care use, Health facilities, Hospitals, Illicit drug use, Income, Interpersonal violence, Intimate partner violence, Literacy, Marital status, Medicines, Mental and behavioral disorders, Mental health symptoms, Opioid use disorders, Personality disorders, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Self-inflicted injuries, Sexual violence, Suicide, Tobacco and nicotine use, Traditional medicine, Unipolar depressive disorders
GHDx Entry last modified on: May 2, 2024