Are the lifetime prevalence estimates in the ECA study accurate?
Psychological MedicinePublished 1 May 1987Open access
Gordon Parker
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These findings suggest that establishing a lifetime diagnosis is likely to depend on the particular psychiatric condition, and suggest a relatively good prognosis for antisocial personality and substance use disorders, and a far more chronic or recurring pattern for the functional psychoses and affective disorders.
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