Measuring the need for psychiatric treatment in the general population: The community version of the MRC Needs for Care Assessment

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 229-236

  Bebbington, P ^a   Brewin, C R ^b   Marsden, L ^b   Lesage, A ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; REVIEW;

EID: 0029919508     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0033291700034620     Document Type: Review

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