Textbook of Psychiatric Epidemiology

The new edition of this critically praised text continues to provide the most comprehensive overview of the concepts, methods, and research advances in the field, particularly the application of molecular biomarkers and of neuroscience imaging. It has been revised and enhanced to capitalize on the strengths of the first and second editions while keeping it up-to-date in the field of psychiatry. This comprehensive publication now includes chapters on analysis of continuous data, molecular epidemiology, the epidemiology of eating disorders, the epidemiology of suicide, PTSD and on the epidemiology of a number of childhood disorders. The book features a new editor, Peter Jones, from the University of Cambridge, who joins the successful US team of Tsuang and Tohen.