Prevalence of disorders and epidemiological methods

Journal/Book: Curr Opin Psychiatry. 1998; 11: 2-6 Boundary Row, London, England SE1 8NH. Rapid Science Publishers. 169-173.

Abstract: The studies of the occurrence of mental disorders include general population prevalence studies, but increasingly include epidemiological studies of risk factors for psychiatric illness. An important development is a beginning integration of genetic and environmental risk factors, as well as prevalence studies outside North America and Western Europe.

Note: Article Mortensen PB, Aarhus Univ Hosp, Hosp Psychiat, Inst Basic Psychiat Res, Dept Psychiat Demog, Skovagervej 2, DK-8240 Risskov, DENMARK

Keyword(s): MENTAL DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC-DISORDERS; UNITED-STATES; SOCIAL PHOBIA; RISK-FACTORS; POPULATION; ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; SAMPLE; TWINS

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