Second Edition
edited by
Ming T. Tsuang
and Mauricio Tohen
Textbook in Psychiatric Epidemiology provides the most comprehensive overview of the concepts, methods, and research advances in the field.
Textbook in Psychiatric Epidemiology has been revised and enhanced to capitalize on the strengths of the first edition while keeping it up-to-date in the field of psychiatry.
This comprehensive publication now includes new chapters on child psychiatry, community studies, and perinatal studies.
Contents:
- Study Designs and Methods
- Introduction to Epidemiologic Research Methods
- Analysis of Categorized Data: Use of the Odds ratio as a Measure of Association
- Methods in Psychiatric Genetics
- Reliability
- Validity: Definitions and Applications to Psychiatric Research
- Mental Health Services Research
- The Pharmacoepidemiology of Psychiatric Medications
- Peering into the Future of Psychiatric Epidemiology
- Assessment
- Studying the Natural History of Psychopathology
- The Developmental Epidemiology of Psychiatric Disorders
- Birth and Development of Psychiatric Interviews
- Symptom Scales and Diagnostic Schedules in Adult Psychiatry
- DSM-IV and Psychiatric Epidemiology
- The National Comorbidity Survey
- Epidemiology of Major Psychiatric Disorders
- Epidemiology of Psychosis with Special Reference to Schizophrenia
- Epidemiology of Depressive and Anxiety Disorders
- Epidemiology of Bipolar Disorder
- The Epidemiology of First-Onset Mania
- The Epidemiology of Alcohol Use, Abuse, and Dependence
- Epidemiology of Drug Dependence
- Personality Disorders: Epidemiological Findings, Methods and Concepts
- Epidemiology of Special Populations
- Epidemiology and Geriatric Psychiatry
- The Epidemiology of Child and Adolescent Mental Disorders
- Epidemiology of Mood and Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents
Index
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