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"He can send her to her parents": The interaction between marriageability, gender and serious mental illness in rural Ethiopia.

Maji HailemariamSenait GhebrehiwetTithi BaulJuliana L RestivoTeshome ShibreDavid C HendersonEshetu GirmaAbebaw FekaduSolomon TeferraCharlotte HanlonJennifer E JohnsonChristina P C Borba
Published in: BMC psychiatry (2019)
Women with SMI or those married to partners with SMI are at greater disadvantage. Reducing vulnerabilities through stigma reduction efforts such as community outreach and mental health awareness raising programs might contribute for better social outcomes for women with SMI.
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