臺灣地區社會變遷與精神疾病盛行率

Social Changes and Prevalences of Specific Mental Disorders in Taiwan

臺灣地區過去三十多年來由於迅速工業化、教育、科技、交通的進步發展、經濟繁榮、以及醫療發達，導致國民所得壔加、國民平均壽命延長、死亡率降低、教育機會普遍提高等，但另一方面由於人口的鄒加，主要死亡原因的變化人口湧向都市、大城市人口密度驟增、家庭成員結構的改變、人際關係的變化，使國民處於必須適應不斷變遷的生活環境中，增加其社會心理壓力。

Though the prevalence of depressions, anxiety disorders and alcoholism have markedly increased under the impacts of rapid industrialization and social changes during the past 3 decades in Taiwan, the rate of schizophrenia and the related psychotic disorders have remained to be fairly the same. Basing on the findings obtained from the nation-wide epidemiological studies in 1946-48, 1961-63 and 1982-86, the author discussed on some hypothethical issues regarding the etiology of psychoses and non-psychotic disorders.