Current concepts of risk in psychiatric disorders

The following recommendations are made: (1) there should be greater emphasis on longitudinal studies in which there is a clear time-line; (2) care should be taken to avoid ‘muddling’ populations in which the risks and risk factors might differ; (3) there should be greater emphasis on seeking to understand how risk factors work together (proxies, overlapping, moderators and mediators); (4) statistical hypothesis testing should be de-emphasized;...