The distribution of the common mental disorders: Social inequalities in Europe

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Fryers, Tom ^a,d   Melzer, David ^b   Jenkins, Rachel ^c   Brugha, Traolach ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; EUROPE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; POLICY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 33745808951     PISSN: 17450179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-0179-1-14     Document Type: Review

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