The national psychiatric morbidity surveys of great britain - strategy and methods

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 765-774

  Jenkins, R ^a   Bebbington, P ^b   Brugha, T ^b   Farrell, M ^b   Gill, B ^b   Lewis, G ^b   Meltzer, H ^b   Petticrew, M ^b  

^a Mental Health Division   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; NEUROSIS; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0030808334     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003329179700531X     Document Type: Article

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