A Paradox in Individual Versus National Mental Health Vulnerability: Are Higher Resource Levels Associated With Higher Disorder Prevalence?

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 572-576

  Dückers, Michel L A ^a,b   Brewin, Chris R ^c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b Impact   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MENTAL DISORDERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 85001975525     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.22144     Document Type: Article

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