Abstract
ABSTRACT‐ 3,258 randomly selected adult household residents of Edmonton were interviewed by trained lay interviewers using the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS). Lifetime prevalence for 16 DIS/DSM III diagnoses are given. Overall 33.8% of the population had one or more diagnoses and, excluding substance use disorders, one fifth of the population had a diagnosis. The most common lifetime diagnosis was alcohol abuse/dependence, followed by phobia and major depressive episode. Men were more likely to have had substance use disorders and antisocial personality disorder and women more likely to have had major depressive episode, dysthymia, agoraphobia and simple phobia. Those who were married had generally lower lifetime prevalences. Those over age 65 had the lowest prevalence of any age groups.
Keywords
AgoraphobiaPsychiatryPersonality disordersPopulationSubstance abuseMajor depressive episodePanic disorderAntisocial personality disorderAlcohol abusePsychologyAlcohol dependenceMedicineClinical psychologyPersonalityPoison controlInjury preventionAnxietyAlcoholMedical emergencyMood
Affiliated Institutions
Related Publications
Lifetime Prevalence of Specific Psychiatric Disorders in Three Sites
Lifetime rates are presented for 15 DSM-III psychiatric diagnoses evaluated in three large household samples on the basis of lay interviewers' use of the Diagnostic Interview Sc...
PERIOD PREVALENCE OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS IN EDMONTON
ABSTRACT‐ 3,258 randomly selected adult household residents of Edmonton were interviewed by trained lay interviewers using the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS). Six‐month pre...
A latent class analysis of antisocial personality disorder symptom data from a multi‐centre family study of alcoholism
Aims. To determine if there are subtypes of Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD), as manifested by distinctive symptom profiles or by associations with alcohol, other drug dep...
Global prevalence of depression and elevated depressive symptoms among adolescents: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Objective Adolescence is a formative and turbulent phase where physiological, psychosocial, and cognitive changes leave adolescents vulnerable to psychological disorders. Given ...
Development of a Brief Screening Instrument for Detecting Depressive Disorders
A very short (8-item), self-report measure was developed to screen for depressive disorders (major depression and dysthymia). The screener departs from traditional depressive sy...
Publication Info
- Year
- 1988
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 77
- Issue
- S338
- Pages
- 24-32
- Citations
- 362
- Access
- Closed
External Links
Social Impact
Altmetric
PlumX Metrics
Social media, news, blog, policy document mentions
Citation Metrics
362
OpenAlex
Cite This
Roger Bland,
H. Orn,
Stephen C. Newman
(1988).
LIFETIME PREVALENCE OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS IN EDMONTON.
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
, 77
(S338)
, 24-32.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.1988.tb08544.x
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1988.tb08544.x