No physical health without mental health: Lessons unlearned?

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kolappa, Kavitha ^a   Henderson, David C ^a   Kishore, Sandeep P ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEOPLASM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SELF CARE; SURVIVAL TIME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84871880032     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.12.115063     Document Type: Editorial

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