Lifetime and 12-Month Prevalence of DSM-III-R Psychiatric Disorders in the United States: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 8-19

  Kessler, Ronald C ^a   McGonagle, Katherine A ^a   Zhao, Shanyang ^a   Nelson, Christopher B ^a   Hughes, Michael ^b   Eshleman, Suzann ^a   Wittchen, Hans Ulrich ^c   Kendler, Kenneth S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PHOBIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RACIAL STOCKS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0028156958     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1994.03950010008002     Document Type: Article

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