Are mental disorders more common in urban than rural areas of the United States?

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 50-55

  Breslau, Joshua ^a   Marshall, Grant N ^a   Pincus, Harold A ^a   Brown, Ryan A ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Depression; Epidemiology; Rural; Serious mental illness; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903761262     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.05.004     Document Type: Article

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