Six-Month Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders in Three Communities: 1980 to 1982

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 1984, Pages 959-967

  Myers, Jerome K ^a   Weissman, Myrna M ^a   Tischler, Gary L ^a   Holzer, Charles E ^a   Leaf, Philip J ^a   Orvaschel, Helen ^a   Anthony, James C ^b   Boyd, Jeffrey H ^c   Burke, Jack D ^c   Kramer, Morton ^b   Stoltzman, Roger ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEPRESSION; DYSTHYMIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; PHOBIA; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANUALS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH (U.S.); PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0021177024     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1984.01790210041006     Document Type: Article

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