The relation between body mass index, mental health, and functional disability: A European population perspective

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 679-688

  Bruffaerts, Ronny ^a   Demyttenaere, Koen ^a   Vilagut, Gemma ^b   Martinez, Montserat ^b   Bonnewyn, Anke ^a   De Graaf, Ron ^c   Haro, Josep Maria ^d   Bernert, Sebastian ^e   Angermeyer, Matthias C ^e   Brugha, Traolach ^f   Roick, Christine ^e   Alonso, Jordi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^d Sant Joan de Déu Serveis de Salut Mental   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Epidemiology; Functional disability; Mental disorders; Population study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD DISORDER; OBESITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POPULATION; SELF REPORT; UNDERWEIGHT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 55449126009     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370805301007     Document Type: Article

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