Psychiatric illness among a nationally representative sample of sole and partnered parents in New Zealand

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 136-144

  Tobias, Martin ^a   Gerritsen, Sarah ^a   Kokaua, Jesse ^a   Templeton, Robert ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cross sectional survey; DSM IV; Epidemiology; Lone parents; Mental health; Sole parents; Welfare to work

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MOOD DISORDER; NEW ZEALAND; PARENT; PARTNERED PARENT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE PARENT; SPOUSES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849109782     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670802607196     Document Type: Article

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