Patterns of hospitalisation for depressive and anxiety disorders across the lifespan in Australia

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 195-200

  Draper, Brian ^a   Low, Lee Fay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Anxiety; Depression; Gender; Hospitalisation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CALCULATION; CONVERSION DISORDER; DATA BASE; DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE; LIFESPAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NEUROSIS; OBSESSION; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STRESS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 58149084946     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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