International and regional variation in the prevalence of common mental disorders: do we need more surveys?
- 1 April 2004
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 184 (4) , 289-290
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.184.4.289
Abstract
Vicente and his colleagues present admirably concise findings from a large epidemiological survey of non-psychotic psychiatric morbidity in four different geographical locations in Chile (Vicente et al, 2004, this issue). Without gainsaying the importance of psychiatric morbidity in that country, many readers, including local decision-makers, may find it difficult to assimilate these results.Keywords
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