Mental Disorder in Canada : : An Epidemiological Perspective / / John Cairney, David L. Streiner.

Canada has long been recognized as a leader in the field of psychiatric epidemiology, the study of the factors affecting mental health in populations. However, there has never been a book dedicated to the study of mental disorder at a population level in Canada. This collection of essays by leading...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]
©2010
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (432 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction Psychiatric Epidemiology in Canada: A Coming of Age
  • PART ONE. Context and Theory
  • 1. The Social Science Contribution to Psychiatric Epidemiology
  • 2. The History of Psychiatric Epidemiology in Canada: The Development of Community Surveys
  • 3. Intersecting Social Statuses and Psychiatric Disorder: New Conceptual Directions in the Social Epidemiology of Mental Disorder
  • PART TWO. Methodological Issues
  • 4. Estimating Population Trends through Secondary Data: Attractions and Limitations of National Surveys
  • 5. The Canadian Community Health Survey: Mental Health and Well-Being
  • PART THREE. Epidemiology of Disorders
  • 6. Affective Disorders in Canada
  • 7. Anxiety Disorders in Canada
  • 8. Contribution of Psychiatric Epidemiology to the Study of the Adult Severely Mentally Ill
  • 9. The Epidemiology of Co-occurring Substance Use and Other Mental Disorders in Canada: Prevalence, Service Use, and Unmet Needs
  • 10. Perspectives on Child Psychiatric Disorder in Canada
  • 11. Psychiatric Disorder in Later Life: A Canadian Perspective
  • PART FOUR. Special Topics
  • 12. Gender and Depression
  • 13. Migrants and Epidemiology of Psychiatric Disorders in Canada
  • 14. Mental Disorders and Social Stigma: Three Moments in Canadian History
  • 15. Epidemiology of Mental Illness among Offenders
  • 16. The Epidemiology of Suicide in Canada
  • PART FIVE. Mental Health Care Services and Policy
  • 17. Depression and Mental Health Supports and Services in Canada
  • 18. Examining the Mental Health of the Working Population: Organizations, Individuals, and Haystacks
  • 19. Knowledge Translation in Mental Health: From Epidemiology to Policy
  • PART SIX. Final Thoughts
  • 20. Where Do We Go from Here? The Future of Psychiatric Epidemiology in Canada
  • Contributors