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Introduction to “Factors in the development of psychiatric epidemics”
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This chapter presents an introduction to factors in the development of psychiatric epidemics, as further discussed in the following chapter. It briefly discusses diagnostic fads in the field of psychiatry, and the differences between true increases in incidence, an increase in treated incidence but not true incidence, and an iatrogenic epidemic due to broadening of diagnostic criteria.
Title: Introduction to “Factors in the development of psychiatric epidemics”
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This chapter presents an introduction to factors in the development of psychiatric epidemics, as further discussed in the following chapter.
It briefly discusses diagnostic fads in the field of psychiatry, and the differences between true increases in incidence, an increase in treated incidence but not true incidence, and an iatrogenic epidemic due to broadening of diagnostic criteria.
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