Assessment of Distress, Disorder, Impairment, and Need in the Population

William W. Eaton; Ramin Mojtabai; Elizabeth A. Stuart; Jeannie Marie S. Leoutsakos; S. Janet Kuramoto

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195390445.003.0004

Assessment of Distress, Disorder, Impairment, and Need in the Population

William W. Eaton, Ramin Mojtabai, Elizabeth A. Stuart, Jeannie Marie S. Leoutsakos, S. Janet Kuramoto

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This chapter deals with the measurement of psychopathology, with an emphasis on population-based life course approaches. Assessment of mental and behavioral disorders is more difficult than measurement in many areas of medicine, because of the lack of simple and valid biological markers for the presence of mental and behavioral disorders. In effect, the measurement must always involve talking to individuals or observing their behaviors in ways that can be described to others and replicated by them if necessary, consistent with the scientific method.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Public Mental Health
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780199950416
ISBN (Print)	9780195390445
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195390445.003.0004
State	Published - Sep 20 2012

Keywords

Measurement
Mental disorders
Population-based studies
Psychopathology

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Medicine(all)

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