National survey of prevalence of mental disorders in Egypt: Preliminary survey

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-75

  Ghanem, M ^a   Gadallah, M ^a   Meky, F A ^a   Mourad, S ^b   El Kholy, G ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVORCE; EGYPT; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MINI PLUS DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW; MOOD DISORDER; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; COMORBIDITY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649832369     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2009.15.1.65     Document Type: Article

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