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Title: Cross-national epidemiology of major depression and bipolar disorder AD: Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, USA. weissman@child.cpmc.columbia.edu
Author: Weissman-MM; Bland-RC; Canino-GJ; Faravelli-C; Greenwald-S; Hwu-HG; Joyce-PR; Karam-EG; Lee-CK; Lellouch-J; Lepine-JP; Newman-SC; Rubio-Stipec-M; Wells-JE; Wickramaratne-PJ; Wittchen-H; Yeh-EK
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the rates and patterns of major depression and bipolar disorder based on cross-national epidemiologic surveys. DESIGN AND SETTING: Population-based epidemiologic studies using similar methods from 10 countries: the United States, Ca
Journal: JAMA. 1996 Jul 24-31; 276(4): 293-9