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Psychoses in General Practice an Epidemiological Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

Anthony Ryle
Anthony Ryle*
Affiliation:
The Caversham Centre, 25 Caversham Road, London, N.W.5
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Two main difficulties are met with in epidemiological studies of mental disorders. Firstly, the problem of finding all the cases occurring in a population, or a representative sample of them; and secondly, the problem of classification.

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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 107 , Issue 451 , November 1961 , pp. 1020 - 1027
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1961 

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