For more in the prevalence, diagnosis, and treatment of psychological disorders, refer to the online version of http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/mentalhealth/home.html Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General.

Additional information is available from the following sites:

http://www.health.gov/healthypeople Healthy People 2010 (Refer to Focus Area 18, Mental Health and Mental Disorders.)

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs National Center for Health Statistics

http://www.nimh.nih.gov National Institute of Mental Health

Figure 3-2 (See p. 56 in your text.)

Rates of suicide in the United States

The National Center for Health Statistics' Health, United States, 2004 is downloadable at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm. Browse its 153 trend tables by topic (including those for rates of suicide) at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus04trend.pdf#topic.