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The Affective Disorders: Results from the Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study (ECA)

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This paper describes the historical roots of psychiatric epidemiology in the United States and summarizes recent data on prevalence rates and correlates of affective disorders (based on DSM-III) obtained from a large multi-site epidemiologic survey, the Epidemiologie Catchment Area Study (ECA), recently completed in the United States.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Depression Research Unit, Yale University School of Medicine, 350 Congress Avenue, New Haven, CT, 06519, USA

    M. M. Weissman, J. K. Myers, P. J. Leaf, G. L. Tischler & C. E. Holzer

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  1. Psychiatrische Klinik und Poliklinik der Universität München, Nußbaumstraße 7, 8000, München 2, Germany

    Hanns Hippius

  2. Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical School, 21 Bloomingdale Road, White Plains, NY, 10605, USA

    Gerald L. Klerman

  3. Psychiatrische Klinik der Universität München, Nußbaumstraße 7, 8000, München 2, Germany

    Norbert Matussek

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Weissman, M.M., Myers, J.K., Leaf, P.J., Tischler, G.L., Holzer, C.E. (1986). The Affective Disorders: Results from the Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study (ECA). In: Hippius, H., Klerman, G.L., Matussek, N. (eds) New Results in Depression Research. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70702-5_3

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