Prevalence of psychiatric disorders among National Health Insurance enrollees in Taiwan

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 691-697

  Chien, I Chia ^a,b   Chou, Yiing Jenq ^a   Lin, Ching Heng ^a   Bih, Shin Huey ^c   Chou, Pesus ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Bali Mental Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; NEUROSIS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHOBIA; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; SOMATIZATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 2642534440     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.55.6.691     Document Type: Article

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