Self-rated psychiatric symptoms and their correlates among senior high school students in Hualien City

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 593-599

  Li, Yin Ming ^a   Yen, Lee Lan ^b  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

High school students; Hualien City; Psychiatric symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEALTH CARE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PARANOIA; PREDICTION; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0031693318     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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