[Epidemiology and psychiatry].
Epidemiology addresses itself more to disease than to the patient. In psychiatry the distinction between disease and health may be very arduous as are the determinations of its etiology. Efforts have been made recently to reach more coherence in the classification of diseases. The most noteworthy of these is the DSM-III of the American Psychiatric Association. Epidemiology played an important role in the elaboration of these classifications. Epidemiology can also teach us a more logical approach to problem solving. Such a logical approach is still lacking in psychiatric theories, ways of thinking and even modes of practical organisation.
Epidemiologic Methods↗