Abstract
Abstract During the past decade, there has been increased interest in psychiatric nosology and epidemiology, stimulated to a great extent by the revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association (APA, 1980; APA, 1987) and by the Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA) Project, a five-site epidemiologic study undertaken by the National Institute of Mental Health and five universities (Eaton and Kessler, 1985; Robins et al., 1985; Myers et al., 1984). The diversity of contributions to this volume indicates that interest in the epidemiology of specific psychiatric disorders has not been limited to the United States. The existence of studies utilizing a common research instrument represents an exciting development in psychiatric epidemiology. The contribution that these studies make to our understanding of the etiology and consequences of alcohol-related disorders suggests that there is much to be gained by applying this methodology to other contexts.
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