Epidemiology of affective disorders: A review

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 367-377

  Bland, Roger C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Dysthymia; Epidemiology; Major depression

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSTHYMIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030811162     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674379704200403     Document Type: Review

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