Lifetime prevalence of DSM-III-R psychiatric disorders among urban and rural Mexican Americans in California

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 771-778

  Vega, William A ^a   Kolody, Bohdan ^b   Aguilar Gaxiola, Sergio ^c   Alderete, Ethel ^a   Catalano, Ralph ^a   Caraveo Anduaga, Jorge ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MEXICO; MORBIDITY; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031709257     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.55.9.771     Document Type: Article

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