title: Psychiatric morbidity following miscarriage: a prevalence study of Chinese women in Hong Kong.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Previous studies reported that 48-51% of women in Western countries developed depressive disorder following a miscarriage. There is, however, little data among non-Western populations. The aim of this study was to measure the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity following miscarriage among Chinese women in Hong Kong.
  
  
  METHODS
  Subjects were interviewed immediately after a miscarriage to collect medical, psychiatric, and sociodemographic data. Six weeks following the miscarriage, 150 subjects were assessed with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R (SCID) to establish psychiatric diagnoses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  18 subjects (12%) met the DSM-III-R criteria for major depression and 2 subjects (1.3%) were diagnosed anxiety disorder NOS six weeks after the miscarriage.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Chinese women in Hong Kong have a lower rate of psychiatric morbidity after a miscarriage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong. dominiclee@cuhk.edu.hk
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Haines
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000523:psychology*; D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006723:Hong Kong / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011247:Pregnancy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012944:Social Support