title: [Are mental disorders increasing? Update of a systematic review on repeated cross-sectional studies].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Throughout the western world, an increasing demand for psychiatric services is reported. However, a systematic review published in 2008 came to the conclusion that there is no sufficient evidence for increasing mental disorders in the recent decades.
  
  
  METHODS
  A systematic review on studies with repeating cross-sectional surveys in the general population, published since 2008, was conducted.
  
  
  RESULTS
  33 study results were included into the review. The majority of publications did not report increasing mental health problems in the general population.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The increasing demand for psychiatric services is not associated with increasing mental disorders in the general population.
authors.affiliation: Fachbereich Gesundheit, Berner Fachhochschule, Bern, Schweiz. dirk.richter@bfh.ch
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Richter
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Berger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D005060:Europe; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D009656:North America; D044349:Oceania; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D014600:Utilization Review / Q000639:trends; D055815:Young Adult