Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 41, Issue 2, Supplement 1 , Pages 14-18 , March 2000

Public health consequences of different thresholds for the diagnosis of mental disorders

  • Kathryn M. Magruder

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC; and the National Institute of Mental Health, Rockville, MD, USA.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Kathryn M. Magruder M.P.H., Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, 67 President St, Post Office 250861, Charleston, SC 29425.
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  • Gerald E. Calderone

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC; and the National Institute of Mental Health, Rockville, MD, USA.

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Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 41, Issue 2, Supplement 1 , Pages 14-18 , March 2000

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