The NIMH Epidemiologic Catchment Area Program: Historical Context, Major Objectives, and Study Population Characteristics

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 1984, Pages 934-941

  Regier, Darrel A ^a   Myers, Jerome K ^b   Kramer, Morton ^c   Robins, Lee N ^d   Blazer, Dan G ^e   Hough, Richard L ^f   Eaton, William W ^a   Locke, Ben Z ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CONNECTICUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MANUALS; MARYLAND; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH (U.S.); NEW YORK CITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0021188136     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1984.01790210016003     Document Type: Article

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