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Maryland Epidemiology Sample (M.E.S.)

   Between 1983 and 1989, the goal of the program was to identify and collect information about a large sample of individuals who were hospitalized. During this six-year period, we screened psychiatric admissions to 15 hospitals in the greater Baltimore area and enrolled 1,670 individuals into our study. Individuals in this group, now referred to as the Maryland Epidemiology Sample (MES), were interviewed while they were in the hospital.  The distribution of research diagnoses is shown below: 

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