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Psychiatric disorders in a U.S. urban community: 1975-1976

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.135.4.459

The authors point out that new findings in psychiatric genetics and psychopharmacology support the heterogeneity of psychiatric disorders. They present data on the current rates of specific psychiatric disorders, using a recently developed diagnostic technique in a survey conducted in New Haven, Conn., during 1975-1976. The survey showed that depressive disorders are the most common diagnoses.

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