Piloting mental health indicators for Europe

Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 401-413

  Korkeila, J A ^a,g   Kovess, V ^b   Dalgard, O S ^c   Madianos, M ^d   Salize, H J ^e   Lehtinen, V ^f  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^f National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health in Finland   (Finland)

^g NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Mental health; Mental health indicators; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34249791229     PISSN: 09638237     EISSN: 13600567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638230701299152     Document Type: Article

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