Epidemiology and child psychiatry: Entering the second phase.
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 59 (2) , 279-283
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-0025.1989.tb01660.x
Abstract
Recent progress in epidemiological studies describing the prevalence, distribution, and possible determinants of psychiatric disorders in children have pointed the way toward a new, experimental phase for research. Such investigations would be formal in design, use principles of a preventive trial, and exploit all current knowledge about the role of risk factors and causal mechanisms. This paper proposes the prevention of conduct disorder as the most productive starting point for this new phase.Keywords
Funding Information
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- National Institute of Mental Health (MH31302)
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