Thursday, January 28, 2016

Prevalence of Psychological Disorders

In Psy 215 and Psy 201 we have been discussing the idea of prevalence rates in terms of psychological disorders. As we have discussed, there is growing awareness that many of the rates are most likely underestimations of the true occurrence of these disorders. The following article talks about how this realization is impacting practices in the mental health field.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/task-force-urges-doctors-to-screen-all-adults-for-depression/2016/01/26/9fb49fba-c44b-11e5-b933-31c93021392a_story.html

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