Contrasting demographic patterns of minor psychiatric morbidity in general practice and the community

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1978, Pages 455-466

  Finlay Jones, Robert A ^a,b   Burvill, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMMUNITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; SOCIAL CLASS; WIDOW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0017841968     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291700016135     Document Type: Article

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