title: Prevalence of mood and anxiety disorders in the community: results from the Israel National Health Survey.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To estimate the 12-month and lifetime prevalence rates of mood and anxiety disorders in Israel and their socio-demographic correlates.
  
  
  METHODS
  A representative sample of respondents extracted from the National Population Register of non-institutionalized residents, aged 21 or older, were interviewed at home between May, 2003, and April, 2004. DSM-IV disorders were assessed using a revised version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seventeen percent of the sampled adult population reported a lifetime occurrence of a mood or anxiety disorder, while nearly one in 10 (9.7%) reported a mood or anxiety disorder occurring during the previous 12 months. Mood disorders were twice as common as anxiety disorders.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Contrary to expectations born out of Israel's unique life circumstances, the prevalence of mood or anxiety disorders fall within the range of other western countries. However, given the current age structure and the age of onset of these disorders, their total burden in the near future is likely to increase.
authors: Mental Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel. Daphna.Levinson@moh.health.gov.il
authors: Daphna
authors: D
authors: Levinson
authors: Nelly
authors: N
authors: Zilber
authors: Yaacov
authors: Y
authors: Lerner
authors: Alexander
authors: A
authors: Grinshpoon
authors: Itzhak
authors: I
authors: Levav
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D015995:Prevalence; D012017:Referral and Consultation