Psychiatric disorder onset and first treatment contact in the United States and Ontario

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 155, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1415-1422

  Olfson, Mark ^a   Kessler, Ronald C ^b   Berglund, Patricia A ^b   Lin, Elizabeth ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; DEPRESSION; DYSTHYMIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031661545     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.155.10.1415     Document Type: Article

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