Epidemiology of depression in primary care: Findings from the Mental Health in Primary Care (MeHPriC) project, Lagos, Nigeria.

Abiodun Olugbenga AdewuyaOlabisi OladipoTolu AjomaleTomilola AdewumiOlufisayo MomoduOlushola OlibamoyoOlabanji AdesojiAdedayo AdegbokunDapo Adegbaju

Published in: International journal of psychiatry in medicine (2021)

Our study showed that the rate of depression in primary care in Nigeria is high. Screening for all primary care attendees for depression will be an important step towards scaling up mental health services in Nigeria and other developing countries.

Keyphrases

primary care
mental health
depressive symptoms
sleep quality
risk factors
physical activity