Core Concepts in Health Brief, 9/e

Paul M. Insel, Stanford University, School of Medicine
Walton T. Roth, Stanford University, School of Medicine

Psychological Health

Vital Statistics

Table 3-1 (See p. 48 in your text.)
Lifetime Prevalence of Selected Psychological Disorders Among Americans

For more in the prevalence, diagnosis, and treatment of psychological disorders, refer to the online version of http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/mentalhealth/home.html Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General.

Additional information is available from the following sites:

http://www.health.gov/healthypeople Healthy People 2010 (Refer to Focus Area 18, Mental Health and Mental Disorders.)

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs National Center for Health Statistics

http://www.nimh.nih.gov National Institute of Mental Health

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