'First, do no harm': Are disability assessments associated with adverse trends in mental health? A longitudinal ecological study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 339-345

  Barr, B ^a   Taylor Robinson, D ^a   Stuckler, D ^b   Loopstra, R ^b   Reeves, A ^b   Whitehead, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BASELINE CONDITIONS; DISABILITY; DRUG; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; EMPLOYMENT; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; TRENDS; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 84961245366     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2015-206209     Document Type: Article

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