Changes in the prevalence of psychiatric disorder in a community are related to changes in the mean level of psychiatric symptoms

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1253-1260

  Whittington, Joyce E ^a   Huppert, Felicia A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFESPAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; SOCIOLOGY; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0029823806     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0033291700035972     Document Type: Article

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