The epidemiology of schizophrenia and other common mental health disorders in the English-speaking Caribbean

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 4-5, 2005, Pages 256-262

  Hickling, Frederick W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

English speaking Caribbean; Epidemiology; Mental health disorders

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; MENTAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BARBADOS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA; LESSER ANTILLES; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; TRINIDAD [TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

CARIBBEAN REGION; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 33645270579     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892005000900005     Document Type: Article

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