Psychiatric Epidemiology - Searching for the Causes of Mental Disorders (Hardcover)

Searching for the causes of mental disorders is as exciting as it it complex. The relationship between pathophysiology and its overt manifestations is exceedingly intricate, and often the causes of a disorder are elusive at best. This book is an invaluable resource for anyone trying to track these causes, whether they be clinical researchers, public health practitioners, or psychiatric epidemiologists-in-training. Uniting theory and practice in very clear language, it makes a wonderful contribution to both epidemiologic and psychiatric research. Rather than attempting to review the descriptive epidemiology of mental disorders, this book gives much more dynamic exposition of the thinking and techniques used to establish it.
Starting out by tracing the brief history of psychiatric epidemiology, the book describes the study of risk factors as causes of mental disorders. Subsequent sections discuss approaches to investigation of biologic, genetic, or social causes and the statistical analysis of study results. The book concludes by following some of the problems involved in the search for genetic causes of mental disorders, and more complex casual relationships.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Oxford Psychiatry Series
Release date:	July 2006
First published:	May 2006
Authors:	Ezra Susser (Professor and Chair) • Sharon Schwartz (Associate Professor of Clinical Epidemiology) • Alfredo Morabia (Professor and Head) • Evelyn Bromet (Professor of Psychiatry and Preventive Medicine)
Dimensions:	261 x 190 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	544
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-510181-2
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Psychiatry Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > Care of the mentally ill Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > Epidemiology & medical statistics Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Clinical psychology > General
LSN:	0-19-510181-2
Barcode:	9780195101812

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