title: Psychiatric epidemiology in Israel.
abstract: Psychiatric epidemiology in Israel began with the inauguration of the Psychiatric Case Register in 1952. Periodic statistical reports by the Ministry of Health Mental Health Services, as well as several Case-Register-based epidemiological studies, have since been published, all of which have related to in-patient data. Community psychiatric surveys have primarily included populations in treatment. The most comprehensive study was carried out on a nationwide basis in 1986 in collaboration with the Nathan Kline Institute. However, only a few community surveys of the general population have been carried out thus far in Israel. The population studied was not nationally representative, and the more advanced screening and diagnostic instruments were not utilized. The necessity for a large-scale, multi-centered community survey in Israel, similar to the Epidemiological Catchment Area project in the U.S.A., is suggested. Furthermore, the particular needs of recent and future waves of immigrants must be taken into consideration.
authors.affiliation: JDC-Falk Institute for Mental Health and Behavioral Studies, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lerner
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence