Citation

Rouillon F. Ann. Med. Psychol. (Paris) 2008; 166(1): 63-70.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Societe Medico-Psychologique, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.amp.2007.11.010

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Psychiatric disorders affect one person out of five each year and even one out of three if one refers to the rates of the life-time prevalence. They are responsible for a high death-rate by suicide (to which must be added the comparatively high non suicidal death-rate) and for an important morbidity resulting in a decrease of productivity, a poor quality of life and handicaps. Psychiatric disorders absorb 10% of the health budget and represent a considerable amount of the care offer. The author treats of descriptive, analytical and care epidemiology concerning chronic delusional psychoses, bipolar disorders, depressions and neurotic and anxiousness disorders. © 2007.

Language: fr

Keywords

human; Epidemiology; suicide; quality of life; bipolar disorder; depression; prevalence; psychosis; mortality; morbidity; article; mental disease; patient care; neurosis; anxiety disorder; delusion; productivity; budget; Psychiatric disorders; Health economics