Past-year use of outpatient services for psychiatric problems in the national comorbidity survey

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 115-123

  Kessler, Ronald C ^a   Zhao, Shanyang ^b   Katz, Steven J ^b   Kouzis, Anthony C ^b   Frank, Richard G ^b   Edlund, Mark ^b   Leaf, Philip ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SELF HELP; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032897869     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.156.1.115     Document Type: Article

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