Undertreatment before the award of a disability pension for mental illness: The HUNT study

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1479-1482

  Overland, Simon ^a   Glozier, Nicholas ^c   Krokstad, Steinar ^d   Mykletun, Arnstein ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PENSION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; WORKPLACE;

EID: 36749086585     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2007.58.11.1479     Document Type: Article

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