A population-based survey of mental disorders in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 49-66

  Chong, Siow Ann ^a   Abdin, Edimansyah ^a   Vaingankar, Janhavi Ajit ^a   Heng, Derrick ^b   Sherbourne, Cathy ^c   Yap, Mabel ^b   Lim, Yee Wei ^c   Wong, Hwee Bee ^b   Ghosh Dastidhar, Bonnie ^c   Kwok, Kian Woon ^d   Subramaniam, Mythily ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Affective disorders; Alcohol; Anxiety disorders; Population based survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DYSTHYMIA; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84857961020     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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