The Paradox of Mental Health: Over-Treatment and Under-Recognition

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Barbour, Virginia ^a   Clark, Jocalyn ^a   Connell, Laureen ^a   Ross, Amy ^a   Simpson, Paul ^a   Winker, Margaret ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DRUG INDUSTRY; EDITORIAL; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84878306801     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001456     Document Type: Editorial

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