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A comment on the yield from national surveys of mental health

Henderson and Andrews have written a timely paper to examine the yield from national surveys, and pose questions of value for money, survey methods, delineation of pathology by categorical boundaries rather than dimensions, and breadth of risk factors examined. We would like to address the points th...

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Autores principales: Jenkins, Rachel, Meltzer, Howard, Brugha, Terry, Bebbington, Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6734810/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31507927
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Sumario:Henderson and Andrews have written a timely paper to examine the yield from national surveys, and pose questions of value for money, survey methods, delineation of pathology by categorical boundaries rather than dimensions, and breadth of risk factors examined. We would like to address the points they raise, exemplified by the purposes (Jenkins et al, 1997) and yield of the British survey programme.