Continued needs for epidemiological studies of mental disorders in the community

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 197-206

  Wittchen, Hans Ulrich ^a,b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; EVALUATION; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; GERMANY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 3042685360     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077738     Document Type: Editorial

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