Economic costs of depression in China
- 17 January 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Social psychiatry. Sozialpsychiatrie. Psychiatrie sociale
- Vol. 42 (2), 110-116
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-006-0151-2
Abstract
A recent survey in China indicated the 12-month prevalence rate of depressive disorders was 2.5% in Beijing and 1.7% in Shanghai. These disorders may result in disability, premature death, and severe suffering of those affected and their families.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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