Effects of diagnostic inclusion criteria on prevalence and population characteristics in database research

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 141-148

  Bauer, Mark S ^a,b   Lee, Austin ^c   Miller, Christopher J ^d   Bajor, Laura ^b,d   Li, Mingfei ^e   Penfold, Robert B ^f  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e BENTLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC INCLUSION CRITERIA; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RESEARCH DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VETERAN; AGED; GOVERNMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DATASETS AS TOPIC; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84922335436     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201400115     Document Type: Article

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