Mental disorders among frequent attenders in primary care: A comparison with routine attenders

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 199, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 744-749

  Gili, Margalida ^a   Luciano, Juan V ^b   Serrano, Maria J ^a   Jiménez, Rafael ^a   Bauza, Natalia ^a   Roca, Miquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b PARC SANITARI SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Frequent attenders; healthcare utilization; mental disorders; primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DYSTHYMIA; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MOOD DISORDER; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROSIS; PREDICTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOMATIZATION; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; SPAIN;

EID: 80053543381     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31822fcd4d     Document Type: Article

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