Chapter 10. The Developmental Epidemiology of Psychiatric Disorders

  1. Ming T. Tsuang3,4,
  2. Mauricio Tohen5,6
  1. Mary Cannon1,
  2. Matti Huttunen2,
  3. Robin Murray1

Published Online: 22 APR 2003

DOI: 10.1002/0471234311.ch10

Book Title

Textbook in Psychiatric Epidemiology, Second Edition

Textbook in Psychiatric Epidemiology, Second Edition

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How to Cite

Cannon, M., Huttunen, M. and Murray, R. (2003) The Developmental Epidemiology of Psychiatric Disorders, in Textbook in Psychiatric Epidemiology, Second Edition (eds M. T. Tsuang and M. Tohen), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/0471234311.ch10

Editor Information

  1. 3

    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA

  2. 4

    Pediatric Psychopharmacology Unit, Psychiatry Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA

  3. 5

    Lilly Research Laboratories, Indianapolis, IN, USA

  4. 6

    Department of Psychiatry, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02184, USA

Author Information

  1. 1

    Division of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK SE5 8AF

  2. 2

    Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 22 APR 2003
  2. Published Print: 23 AUG 2002

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780471409748

Online ISBN: 9780471234319

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Keywords:

  • developmental epidemiology;
  • psychiatric disorders;
  • developmental psychopathology;
  • study design strategies;
  • analytic methods;
  • application

Summary

The authors discuss the developmental epidemiology of psychiatric disorders, and detail the two main analytic study designs currently used: cohort studies and case-control studies. Analytic methods in developmental epidemiology is presented and the application of developmental epidemiology to psychiatric disorders is detailed.

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