The Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders in a Primary Care Practice

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 1988, Pages 1100-1106

  Barrett, James E ^a   Barrett, Jane A ^a   Oxman, Thomas E ^a   Gerber, Paul D ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANUALS; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0024245312     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1988.01800360048007     Document Type: Article

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