title: Treated incidence of mental disorders in a prepaid group practice setting.
abstract: We followed a cohort of 7,666 individuals enrolled continuously for five years in a prepaid group practice in Columbia, Maryland. Incidence rates of all diagnosed mental disorders were estimated at approximately 3.7 per cent, lower for adolescents and children (about 3 per cent), higher for adult males aged 20-49 (4.3 per cent), and highest for adult females (5.8 per cent). Diagnoses are primarily for acute mental disorders and show a tendency to recur at fairly high rates.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D005260:Female; D006123:Group Practice; D006125:Group Practice, Prepaid; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008396:Maryland; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors