TY - JOUR
KW - Stigma
KW - Physical disability
KW - Mental Health
KW - leprosy
KW - Comorbidities
KW - Chronic pain
AU - Rocha-Leite C I
AU - Borges-de-Oliveira R
AU - Machado P R L
AU - Pettersen K M
AU - Trinchão M
AU - Morais-de-Jesus M
AU - Andrade-Nascimento M
AU - Daltro-Oliveira R
AU - Quarantini L C
AB - <p>Leprosy is an infectious disease with high physical disability and is strongly associated with chronic pain, since there may be significant impairment of the peripheral nervous system. Additionally, the stigma associated with the label of leprosy persists and imposes a high social commitment of the disease.</p>

BT - European Psychiatry
DO - 10.1016/S0924-9338(13)76856-1
IS - Suppl. 1
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Leprosy is an infectious disease with high physical disability and is strongly associated with chronic pain, since there may be significant impairment of the peripheral nervous system. Additionally, the stigma associated with the label of leprosy persists and imposes a high social commitment of the disease.</p>

PY - 2013
T2 - European Psychiatry
TI - Mental disorders in leprosy: High prevalence and low psychiatric care
UR - http://www.europsy-journal.com/article/S0924-9338(13)76856-1/pdf
VL - 28
ER -