The National Psychiatric Morbidity Surveys of Great Britain - initial findings from the Household Survey

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 775-789

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

^a Mental Health Division   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; NEUROSIS; PSYCHOSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0030814268     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291797005308     Document Type: Article

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