The persisting burden of psychiatric disorder
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The persisting burden of psychiatric disorder.
Psychiatric disorders fluctuate but endure, and these characteristics demand extended investigation. The Zürich Cohort Study described by Angst and his colleagues (Angst et al, this issue) is unique. A psychiatric community survey of a one-year cohort of young adults has been followed up on six further occasions, such that the members of the cohort are now in their 50s. Studies of this sort are...
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عنوان ژورنال: Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2045-7960,2045-7979
DOI: 10.1017/s2045796015000979