Mental health service use in a nationally representative Canadian survey

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 753-761

  Sareen, Jitender ^a,c   Cox, Brian J ^a   Afifi, Tracie O ^a   Yu, Bo Nancy ^a   Stein, Murray B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Depression; Disability; Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Mental health service use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 31544480890     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370505001204     Document Type: Article

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