Prevalence, co-morbidity and correlates of mental disorders in the general population: Results from the German Health Interview and Examination Survey (GHS)

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 597-611

  Jacobi, Frank ^a,b   Wittchen, H U ^a,b   Holting C ^a,b   Hofler M ^a,b   Pfister, H ^a,b   Muller N ^a,b   Lieb, R ^a,b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; ONSET AGE; PANIC; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RANDOMIZATION; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STAFF TRAINING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 2342554541     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291703001399     Document Type: Article

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