Psychiatry and epidemiology

The fitness of epidemiology in psychiatry is a controversial topic barely d iscussed in art overall view. That is the staple of this study. It often happens that staffs have to deal with software that make them feel upset. The form drawn up in one of these situations in order to allay the staff disillusionment and help him collect data to be used in a database, i s arranged in another similar case so as To match more expectancy and be ex ploited manually. The study is based on the analysis of he context and the implications of the development and the use of such a form. It shows the im portance of the concepts and the previous work required by the use of class ifications, scales and computer programs. It also brings to light the relat ionship between? epidemiology, statistics, computing and mental health. The implementation of epidemiological principles in psychiatry and the one of psychiatry in epidemiology are feasible and rewarding ways for both disc iplines and for mental health.