APS

30th APS Annual Convention · 2018

Women's Mental Health: Exploring the Gender Disparity in Vietnam

San Francisco, CA · May 2018

Poster · Social

  • Megan Collier
    Vanderbilt University
  • Bahr Weiss
    Vanderbilt University
  • Amie Pollack
    Vanderbilt University
  • Lam Trung
    Da Nang Psychiatric Hospital

Abstract

Globally, research has indicated that women are at increased risk for mental illness. Evidence is less clear regarding risk factors that may underlie this disparity. The aim of this study is to examine the demographic and socioeconomic disadvantages potentially explaining the increased risk of mental illness among women in Vietnam.

Gender Issues/Sex Roles

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