PRACTICAL PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2ND EDITION

Section 1 Basic principles
1: Preface to the second edition a fourth age of psychiatric epidemiologya
2: Measurement in mental health, Martin Prince and Kia-Chong Chua
3: Culture and psychiatric epidemiology, Brandon A. Kohrt and Vikram Patel
4: Ethics and research in psychiatry: consent, capacity and bioethics, Buddhika Lalanie Fernando and Athula Sumathipala
5: Ethics and research in psychiatry: engagement with patients and public, Stephani L. Hatch, Billy Gazard and Diana Rose
Section 2 Study design
6: Introduction to epidemiological study designs, Tamsin Ford, Jayati Das-Munshi, and Martin Prince
7: Qualitative research, Oana Mitrofan and Rose McCabe
8: Ecological studies and studies which consider place and health, Jayati Das-Munshi
9: Cross-sectional surveys, Martin Prince and Jayati Das-Munshi
10: The Case Control Study, Lisa Aschan and Matthew Hotopf
11: Cohort studies, Laura Goodwin and Nicola Fear
12: Randomised controlled trials, Sube Banerjee, Rod Taylor, and Jennifer Hellier
13: Surveillance, Case Registers and Big Data, Tamsin Ford, Rob Stewart, and Johnny Downs
14: Research synthesis: systematic reviews and meta-analysis, Marianna Purgato, Giovanni Ostuzzi, and Corrado Barbui
Section 3: Interpretation
15: Inference 1: chance, bias and confounding, Robert Stewart
16: Inference 2: causation, Robert Stewart
17: Critical Appraisal, Jo Thompson-Coon and Becca Abbott
Section 4: Special topics
18: Statistical techniques in Psychiatric Epidemiology, Lisa Aschan, Jayati Das-Munshi, Richard Hayes, Martin Prince, Marcus Richards, Peter Schofield, and Robert Stewart
19: Genetic Epidemiology 1: Overview, Frühling Rijsdijk & Paul F. O Reilly
20: Gene-environment interaction, Craig Morgan, Marta Di Forti, and Helen Fisher
21: Bio-informatics and psychiatric epidemiology, Nicola Voyle, Maximilian Kerz, Steven Kiddle, and Richard Dobson
22: Health economics for psychiatric epidemiology, Margaret Heslin, Paul McCrone, and Daniel Chisolm
23: Life course epidemiology, Marcus Richards and Rebecca Hardy
24: Evidence-based mental health policy, Valentina Iemmi, Nicole Votruba, and Graham Thornicroft
25: Looking to the future, Martin Prince, Robert Stewart, Tamsin Ford, Matthew Hotopf, and Jayati Das-Munshi

Epidemiology has been defined as the study of the distribution and determinants of health states or events in defined populations and its application to the control of health problems. Psychiatric epidemiology has continued to develop and apply these core principles in relation to mental health and mental disorders.
This long-awaited second edition of Practical Psychiatric Epidemiology covers all of the considerable new developments in psychiatric epidemiology that have occurred since the first edition was published. It includes new content on key topics such as life course epidemiology, gene/environment interactions, bioethics, patient and public involvement in research, mixed methods research, new statistical methods, case registers, policy, and implementation.
Looking to the future of this rapidly evolving scientific discipline and how it will to respond to the emerging opportunities and challenges posed by 'big data', new technologies, open science and globalisation, this new edition will continue to serve as an invaluable reference for clinicians in practice and in training. It will also be of interest to researchers in mental health and people studying or teaching psychiatric epidemiology at undergraduate or postgraduate level.

Features
• Provides readers with the tools to critically appraise and assess psychiatric research
• Explains how to apply epidemiological research techniques in a mental health setting

NEW TO THIS EDITION:
• New material on key topics such as life course epidemiology, gene/ environment interactions, bioethics and patient and public involvement in research, mixed methods research, new statistical methods, case registers, policy and implementation.