Psychiatric Disorders in America: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and FinancialLee N. Robins, Darrel A. Regier A group of psychiatrists and epidemiologists document the various psychiatric disorders afflicting millions of Americans. They examine the extent of the various disorders which include alcoholism, drug abuse, schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, panic and phobias. The volume is designed to provide a foundation for future discussion and investgation of mental health in the USA, and to point out the urgent need for research and improved treatment to cope with the problem. |
Contents
Jerome K Myers and Lawrence T McEvoy | 11 |
SCHIZOPHRENIC DISORDERS Samuel J Keith | 33 |
FIGURE | 34 |
AFFECTIVE DISORDERS Myrna M Weissman | 53 |
42a Cohort Differences in Ages by Which Major | 70 |
ALCOHOL ABUSE AND DEPENDENCE | 81 |
SYNDROMES OF DRUG ABUSE AND DEPENDENCE | 116 |
PANIC AND PHOBIAWilliam W Eaton | 155 |
Dan G Blazer Dana Hughes Linda K George | 180 |
OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER | 204 |
SOMATIZATION DISORDER Marvin Swartz | 220 |
ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY Lee N Robins | 258 |
COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENTLinda K George | 291 |
AN OVERVIEW OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS | 328 |
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55 and Older adult affective disorders age groups age of onset aged 55 agoraphobia alcohol abuse American Psychiatric Association Angeles antisocial personality anxiety disorder associated Baltimore bipolar disorder blacks clinical cognitive status comorbidity dependence depressive episode differences drinking drug abuse drug abuse/dependence DSM-III criteria Durham dysthymia ECA study epidemiologic estimates females Haven higher rates Hispanic household residents illicit drug impairment Mild impairment impairment Severe impairment inpatient institutional interview lifetime prevalence lifetime rates Louis major depression males marital status meet criteria mild cognitive impairment Mild impairment Severe MMSE obsessive compulsive disorder obsessive-compulsive disorder One-Year Lifetime One-Year Prevalence organic mental disorders outpatient panic disorder pattern phobia phobic disorder population Prevalence of Alcoholism prevalence of cognitive prevalence rates psychiatric disorders race/ethnicity ratio reported respondents risk factors rural sample schizophrenia Schizophrenic Disorders severe cognitive impairment social somatic symptoms somatization disorder somatization syndrome Symptom Count Table Total treatment urban whites women