Cross-national comparisons of the prevalences and correlates of mental disorders

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 413-426

  Andrade, Laura ^a   Caraveo Anduaga, J J ^b   Berglund, Patricia ^c   Bijl, R ^d   Kessler, R C ^e   Demler, Olga ^e   Walters, Ellen ^e   Kylyc C ^f   Offord, D ^g   Ustun T B ^h   Wittchen, H U ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^h WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

ⁱ MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross cultural comparison; Cross sectional studies; Epidemiology; Europe; Latin America; Mental disorders; North America; Psychiatric status rating scales

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0004803662     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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