Age differences in the prevalence and co-morbidity of DSM-IV major depressive episodes: Results from the WHO world mental health survey initiative

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 351-364

  Kessler, Ronald C ^a   Birnbaum, Howard G ^b   Shahly, Victoria ^c   Bromet, Evelyn ^d   Hwang, Irving ^a   McLaughlin, Katie A ^a   Sampson, Nancy ^a   Andrade, Laura Helena ^e   De Girolamo, Giovanni ^f   Demyttenaere, Koen ^g   Haro, Josep Maria ^h,i   Karam, Aimee N ^j,k,l   Kostyuchenko, Stanislav ^m   Kovess, Viviane ⁿ   Lara, Carmen ^o   Levinson, Daphna ^p   Matschinger, Herbert ^q   Nakane, Yoshibumi ^r   Browne, Mark Oakley ^s   Ormel, Johan ^t,u   Posada Villa, Jose ^v   Sagar, Rajesh ^w   Stein, Dan J ^x   more..

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ANALYSIS GROUP   (United States)

^c Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^h PARC SANITARI SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

ⁱ INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^j SAINT GEORGE HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Lebanon)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BALAMAND   (Lebanon)

^l Research   (Lebanon)

^m Ukrainian Psychiatric Association   (Ukraine)

ⁿ UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^o BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^p Mental Health Services Ministry of Health   (Israel)

^q UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^r NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^s UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^t UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^u UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^v Colombia   (Colombia)

^w ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^x UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

more..

Author keywords

Co morbidity; Depression; Disability; Elderly; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953339867     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20634     Document Type: Article

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