title: Epidemiology and clinical psychiatry.
abstract: The applications of clinical and statistical epidemiology to the study of mental disorders are reviewed. A closer cooperation in this field between epidemiologists and clinicians, and a more active participation of psychiatrists in community-based research, are advocated and some practical steps towards this end are suggested.
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004813:Epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007046:Hysteria / Q000453:epidemiology; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D008630:Mercury Poisoning / Q000150:complications; D011570:Psychiatry