Prevalence of mental illness in Germany and the United States: Comparison of the upper Bavarian study and the epidemiologic catchment area program

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 184, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 598-606

  Fichter, Manfred M ^a,b   Narrow, William E ^c   Roper, Margaret T ^c   Rehm, Jürgen ^d   Elton, Martin ^a,e   Rae, Donald S ^c   Locke, Ben Z ^c   Regier, Darrel A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Klinik Roseneck   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOBIA; RURAL AREA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOLISM; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029976821     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-199610000-00003     Document Type: Article

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