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DSM-III: psychiatric diagnosis in a university population

American Journal of PsychiatryPublished 1 August 1980
RONNIE S. STANGLER, Alexandra Printz
Citations174
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SJR score5.27
SNIP3.68

TL;DR

Using DSM-III the authors reviewed psychiatric diagnoses in a sample of 500 students at a university psychiatric clinic and presented prevalence data and associated age and sex characteristics of this population in relationship to their diagnostic findings.

Abstract

Using DSM-III the authors reviewed psychiatric diagnoses in a sample of 500 students at a university psychiatric clinic. They present prevalence data and associated age and sex characteristics of this population in relationship to their diagnostic findings and discuss these in the context of earlier epidemiologic studies and their impact on university mental health services.

Keywords

PsychologyMedicine