Twelve-month treatment of psychiatric disorders in the South African Stress and Health Study (World Mental Health Survey Initiative)

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 889-897

  Seedat, Soraya ^a   Stein, D J ^b   Herman, A ^c   Kessler, R ^d   Sonnega, J ^e   Heeringa, S ^f   Williams, S ^g   Williams, D ^h  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FLINT   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^h EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental disorders; Service use; South Africa; Survey; World mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIST; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55349118107     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0399-9     Document Type: Article

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