Medical and Psychiatric Comorbidity Over the Course of Life

[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