Psychiatric disorder in young adults in Jamaica

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 257-268

  Hilton, Claire ^a,b,e   Osborn, Madeline ^c   Serjeant, Graham ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Mental Health Services of   (United Kingdom)

^c YSBYTY GWYNEDD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^e Mental Hlth Serv Salford M   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; JAMAICA; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTHER; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFENDER; PHYSICAL DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL CLASS; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAMAICA; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031474698     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002076409704300403     Document Type: Article

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