Prevalence of mental disorders based on general population surveys

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 537-546

  Baumeister, Harald ^a   Härter, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; General population; Mental disorders; Prevalence; Public health

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; AUSTRALIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EATING DISORDER; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; KNOWLEDGE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MOOD DISORDER; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 34447327253     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-007-0204-1     Document Type: Review

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