title: Morbidity risk of psychiatric disorders.
abstract: Lifetime morbidity risks and percentiles of the age of onset distribution are given for a series of psychiatric disorders based on data collected as part of a community survey in Edmonton, Canada. The Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS) was used to gather information from 3,258 community residents between January 1983 and May 1986. Using a recently developed method of estimating morbidity risks from survey data, the lifetime morbidity risks for depression (male 16.4%, female 22.3%), schizophrenia (male 1.2%, female, 1.0%), and other disorders were calculated. These results are consistent with previously published reports.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Newman
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Bland
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Orn
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000416:Alberta; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology