Relationship between household income and mental disorders: Findings from a population-based longitudinal study

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 419-427

  Sareen, Jitender ^a   Afifi, Tracie O ^a   McMillan, Katherine A ^b   Asmundson, Gordon J G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD; MOOD DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953743364     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.15     Document Type: Article

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