The National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R): Background and aims

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 60-68

  Kessler, Ronald C ^a   Merikangas, Kathleen R ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Community survey; Epidemiologic research design; National Comorbidity Survey Replication; Psychiatry epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG ABUSE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4444279554     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.166     Document Type: Article

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