Deconstructing current comorbidity: Data from the Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Well-Being

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 181, Issue OCT., 2002, Pages 306-314

  Andrews, Gavin ^a   Slade, Tim ^a   Issakidis, Cathy ^a  

^a Clin Res U for Anxiety Disorders   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036793664     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.181.4.306     Document Type: Article

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