The incidence of mania: Time trends in relation to gender and ethnicity

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 129-136

  Van Os, J ^a   Takei, N ^a   Castle, D J ^a   Wessely, S ^a   Der, G ^b   MacDonald, A M ^c   Murray, R M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Social Psychiatry Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIA; MENTAL DISEASE; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX FACTORS; WEST INDIES;

EID: 0030039151     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00785759     Document Type: Article

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