Social indicators and the prediction of psychiatric admission in different diagnostic groups

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 171, Issue NOV., 1997, Pages 457-462

  Boardman, Anthony P ^a   Hodgson, Richard E ^a   Lewis, Martyn ^a   Allen, Keith ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROSIS; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 0030667218     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.171.5.457     Document Type: Article

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