Income and the midlife peak in common mental disorder prevalence

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1365-1372

  Lang, I A ^a,b,g   Llewellyn, D J ^a   Hubbard, R E ^c   Langa, K M ^d,e,f   Melzer, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age factors; lifecourse; mental health; midlife; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79958858162     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291710002060     Document Type: Article

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