Mental well-being and mental illness: Findings from the adult psychiatric morbidity survey for England 2007

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-28

  Weich, Scott ^a   Brugha, Traolach ^b   King, Michael ^c   McManus, Sally ^d   Bebbington, Paul ^c   Jenkins, Rachel ^e   Cooper, Claudia ^c   McBride, Orla ^f   Stewart Brown, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SELF REPORT; VARIANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ENGLAND; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960084418     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.111.091496     Document Type: Article

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