The National Comorbidity Survey (NCS) and its Extensions

Textbook in Psychiatric Epidemiology: Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 221-241

  Kessler, Ronald C ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

National Comorbidity Survey; National Comorbidity Survey Follow up Survey; National Comorbidity Survey Replication; National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement; Prevalence; Treatment; World Mental Health Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886106271     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470976739.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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