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Depression risks in mothers of children with developmental disabilities: A cross-cultural comparison of Brazil, Colombia, Malaysia and Thailand

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  • Hirokazu Osada
  • Annibal Coelho de Amorim
  • Andrea Velosa
  • Wong Poh Wan
  • Panpimol Lotrakul
  • Hitoshi Hara

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Background: Compared with US or European countries, there are fewer mental health services for mothers of children with developmental disabilities in Latin American and/or Southeast Asian countries. Aims: To explore the risk of depression in mothers of children with developmental disabilities in countries with a lack of mental health professionals, we conducted cross-cultural comparisons for four countries: Brazil, Colombia, Malaysia and Thailand. Methods: Using the CES-D, we compared the participants’ depressive symptoms, by which we also estimated the probability of morbid depression. Results: In every country, participants tended to show depressive symptoms. In the CES-D total scores and the numbers of mothers who were observed to have a high level of depressive symptoms, there were significant differences among countries ( F = 4.36, p = .006; χ 2 = 10.3, p = .015). Conclusions: Considering cultural models, we could apply evidence-based intervention to depressive mothers of children, and conduct intervention and treatment for those mothers and evaluate ways of providing better mental health services to these individuals.

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  • Hirokazu Osada & Annibal Coelho de Amorim & Andrea Velosa & Wong Poh Wan & Panpimol Lotrakul & Hitoshi Hara, 2013. "Depression risks in mothers of children with developmental disabilities: A cross-cultural comparison of Brazil, Colombia, Malaysia and Thailand," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 59(4), pages 398-400, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:59:y:2013:i:4:p:398-400
    DOI: 10.1177/0020764012438477
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