title: Epidemiology of mental disorders in young adults of a newly urbanized area in Khartoum, Sudan.
abstract: Two hundred and four subjects, 22-35 years old, were selected from a suburban part of Khartoum. They were assessed using the Self-Rating Questionnaire, the Eysenck Personality Inventory, and a Sudanese rating scale of anxiety and depression. Socio-economic information was collected. A psychiatric interview and a medical examination were carried out. It was found that 40.3% had at least one psychiatric symptom, and 16.6% received clinical diagnoses according to DSM-III. The most common diagnoses were depressive illness (neurotic and endogenous) (8.4%) and generalised anxiety (3.4%). Alcohol abuse was very rare (0.4%). There was no sex difference.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum.
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Rahim
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cederblad
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D013397:Sudan / Q000453:epidemiology; D014507:Urbanization