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Depression in Zimbabwean Women Results from a survey carried out in a densely populated suburb of Harare showed that 30% of women from a random community sample had suffered a depressive illness in the year before interview. The average length of depression was 5 months. 25% of depressed women had attempted or seriously considered suicide. The commonest events precipitating depression were marital disputes, crisis in other relationships and deaths of close relatives. Housing and financial difficulties were as common in the non-depressed women as amongst the depressed ones. A second survey in Primary Health Care Units showed that the highest proportion of psychiatric morbidity occurred amongst patients who repeatedly referred themselves to the clinic. In this subgroup over 20% had either depression or anxiety although they had commonly presented with multiple pains, sleep disturbances and "thinking too much". Recommendations:
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