The Epidemiologic Catchment
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THE EPIDEMIOLOGIC CATCHMENT AREA (ECA) Program is a developmental series of epidemiologic research studies performed by independent research teams in collaboration with the Center for Epidemiologic Studies (CES) of the Division of Biometry and Epidemiology, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). The broad aims of the Program are the historical goals of psychiatric epidemiology, to estimate the incidence and prevalence of mental disorders, to search for etiological clues, and to aid in the planning of health care services and programs. New substantive developments in the field have emphasized the need for specific kinds of data collection, and the methodologies for carrying out psychiatric epidemiologic studies have improved remarkably over the past decade. The ECA studies have built on these developments and methodological studies to provide a framework for a new generation of epidemiologic and health services research in psychiatry.
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