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Normality, deviance and minor psychiatric morbidity in the community – a re-interpretation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Joyce E. Whittington
Joyce E. Whittington*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge
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1Address for correspondence: Dr Joyce E. Whittington, University of Cambridge, Department of Psychiatry, Box 189, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ.
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Synopsis

Anderson et al. (1993) presented two models of psychiatric morbidity that they claimed represented ‘individual’-based and ‘community’-based explanations. They used data from the Health and Lifestyle Survey to test the models and concluded that the data support a ‘community’-based explanation. Their deductions from the models appear to be flawed, nevertheless, their conclusion may be valid.

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Brief Communication
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 26 , Issue 4 , July 1996 , pp. 863 - 866
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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