Serious mental disorders have considerable individual and societal impact, and traditional treatments may show limited effects.
Mental disorders have become a more prominent subject of attention for several reasons.
One in three adults with common mental disorders have recently received treatment through the program, not one third of all adults.
Social disabilities due to mental disorders have a similar or even more severe impact on daily activities than some of the chronic, severe somatic disorders.
Social inequalities in mental disorders have been described, but studies that explain these inequalities are lacking, especially those using diagnostic interviews.
People with mental disorders have higher mortality rates than the general population and more detailed estimates of mortality differences are needed to address this public health issue.
The concept of anosognosia is held in disdain by what is known as the "c/s/x movement," composed of consumers, survivors, and ex-patients, who argue that biological explanations for mental disorders have been uncritically embraced.
Doctors working to update the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders have proposed significant changes to the definition of autism, which are due to take effect in 2013.
We aimed to assess whether differences in cause-specific mortality between people with and without mental disorders have changed between 1995 and 2014 by quantifying life-years lost and assessing differences over time.
In recent months, experts working to update the American Psychiatric Association's influential Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders have been discussing whether to introduce a new approach to diagnosing the so-called personality disorders.
Physicians attempting to treat certain severe mental disorders have recently shown renewed interest in electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).
