Prevalence of psychiatric disorders in an urban community in Bangladesh

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 353-357

  Islam, Md Manirul ^a   Ali, Mohammed ^b   Ferroni, Paola ^b   Underwood, Peter ^b   Alam, Md Faruq ^c  

^a ICDDR B Centre for Health and Population Research   (Bangladesh)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Mental Disorders; Psychiatric; Urban

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0042836737     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-8343(03)00067-7     Document Type: Article

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