Mental illness in a general hospital's family medicine clinic in Taiwan

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 544-550

  Chia, Yih Liu ^a   Ching, Yu Chen ^b   Cheng, Andrew T A ^c  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Case identification; General health care; Mental illness; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TAIWAN;

EID: 7944219525     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2004.01298.x     Document Type: Article

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