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01-10-2014 | Editorial

The expanding scope of psychiatric epidemiology in the 21st century

Authors: Katherine M. Keyes, Ezra Susser

Published in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | Issue 10/2014

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The series of reviews commissioned by SPPE over the past year shed important insights on the current state of psychiatric epidemiology [1‐5]. Our reading of this series has led us into discussions of the scope and goals of our discipline, and how, within a historical context, it is expanding in both predicted and unforeseen ways. In this editorial we first reflect on the history of our field, and how the wealth of information in these reviews provides insight into newly emerging directions of inquiry. Then we discuss major advances and remaining challenges in the field not covered in the series. Finally, we consider the overall scope and future directions of psychiatric epidemiologic inquiry in the years to come. …

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Title: The expanding scope of psychiatric epidemiology in the 21st century
Authors: Katherine M. Keyes
Ezra Susser
Publication date: 01-10-2014
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology / Issue 10/2014
Print ISSN: 0933-7954
Electronic ISSN: 1433-9285
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-014-0938-5

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