Size and burden of mental disorders in Europe - A critical review and appraisal of 27 studies

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 357-376

  Wittchen, Hans Ulrich ^a,b   Jacobi, Frank ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Addiction; Anxiety; Depression; Disability; Epidemiology; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; AGORAPHOBIA; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANXIETY DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EATING DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MOOD DISORDER; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 19844373148     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2005.04.012     Document Type: Article

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