Common mental disorders and use of general health services: A review of the literature on population-based studies

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 341-350

  Koopmans, G T ^a   Donker, M C H ^a,b   Rutten, F H H ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Health services; Longitudinal studies; Mental disorders; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CONSULTATION; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

AGE FACTORS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 18044390889     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2005.00496.x     Document Type: Review

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