General concepts of the relationship between urban areas and mental health

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 385-390

  Caracci, Giovanni ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b International College of Person Centered Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental health; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; URBAN HEALTH; URBANIZATION;

EID: 44649139891     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e328303e198     Document Type: Review

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