Mental disorders and burden of disease: How was disability estimated and is it valid?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 668-676

  Sanderson, K ^a   Andrews, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burden of disease; Disability; Mental disorders; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOM; TRAINING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

COST OF ILLNESS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0034758391     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.2001.00931.x     Document Type: Article

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