The prevalence of mental disorders among children, adolescents and adults in the western Cape, South Africa

South African Psychiatry Review

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 157-160

  Kleintjes, S ^a   Flisher, A J ^a   Fick, M ^b   Railoun, A ^b   Lund, C ^a   Molteno, C ^a   Robertson, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Provincial Administration of the Western Cape   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Mental disorders; Policy development; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGORAPHOBIA; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONSENSUS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DYSTHYMIA; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENURESIS; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SMOKING; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDITY;

EID: 33751309124     PISSN: 18117805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajpsy.v9i3.30217     Document Type: Article

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