PSYCHOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGISTS AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY

The author emphasizes the importance of an adequate appreciation of th e clinical syndromes that are the topics of the psychiatric epidemiolo gy as well as skills in interview construction. She focuses on the dif ficult problem of drawing lines between non-cases and current and past cases, and the problem of estimating unmet needs for treatment in the population. The methodology for linking survey responses to estimates of the consumer market for care needs further development.