Brazilian multicentric study of psychiatric morbidity

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Authors

Naomar de Almeida Filho · Universidade Federal da Bahia

Jair de Jesus Mari · Universidade Federal de São Paulo

Evandro Silva Freire Coutinho · National School of Public Health

Josimar Farias França · Universidade de Brasília

Jefferson Gomes Fernandes · Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Sérgio Baxter Andreoli · Universidade Federal de São Paulo

Ellis D’Arrigo Busnello

Abstract

Overall prevalences were high in comparison with previous studies conducted in Brazil. A female excess of non-psychotic disorders (anxiety, phobias, somatisation and depression) and a male excess for alcoholism were consistently found.

Topics & Keywords

Mental Health Treatment and Access Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Schizophrenia research and treatment

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Publication Details

Published in: The British Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 171, Issue 6, pp. 524-529

DOI: 10.1192/bjp.171.6.524

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