Medical and Psychiatric Comorbidity Over the Course of Life

Inbunden, Engelska, 2005

Av American Psychopathological Association, William W. Eaton, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health) Eaton, William W. (Professor and Chair

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Medical and Psychiatric Comorbidity Over the Course of Life reviews the comorbidity of mental and chronic physical syndromes in an epidemiological and life course context, offering fresh insights and identifying crucial clues to the etiology and nosological distinctiveness of both physical and mental disorders.

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Utgivningsdatum2005-11-22
Mått152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt685 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor320
FörlagAmerican Psychiatric Association Publishing
ISBN9781585622313

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[Medical and Psychiatric Comorbidity Over the Course of Life] serves as an excellent reference of how epidemiological methods work. The methods provide a unique way to study psychological disorders, in their natural context within a population. The book's conclusion, the most compelling of many studies, is that comorbid conditions provide a rich context of relationships between the mind and body... For many psychologists, the book provides illustrative examples of studying mental illness in ways that may be unfamiliar. PsycCRITIQUES This is an important contribution to the study of medical and psychiatric comorbidity starting from an important primer on life course epidemiology. The wide variety of psychiatric and medical topics serves to demonstrate an expanding and exciting area of academic inquiry. Doody's Book Review Service This well-edited collection of studies and reviews examines causal and clinical overlapping of psychiatric and general medical disorders. The material selected is...thoughtful and concise. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry