The epidemiology of depression in metropolitan China

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 735-747

  Lee, S ^a,e   Tsang, A ^a   Huang, Y Q ^b   He, Y L ^c   Liu, Z R ^b   Zhang, M Y ^c   Shen, Y C ^b   Kessler, R C ^d  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY SIXTH HOSPITAL   (China)

^c SHANGHAI MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (China)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Co morbidity; Epidemiology; Major depression; Metropolitan China; Suicide; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTERVIEW; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY SAMPLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66849129164     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291708004091     Document Type: Article

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