Seasonal variations in mental disorders in the general population of a country with a maritime climate: Findings from the Netherlands mental health survey and incidence study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 162, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 654-661

  De Graaf, Ron ^a   Van Dorsselaer, Saskia ^a   Ten Have, Margreet ^a   Schoemaker, Casper ^a   Vollebergh, Wilma A M ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Climate; Data collection; Mental disorders; Mood disorders; Seasons; Substance related disorders

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CLIMATE; EATING DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NETHERLANDS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUMMER; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLIMATE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; SEASONS;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 26444609960     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi264     Document Type: Article

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