CONTEXT: Gender differences in mental disorders, including more anxiety and mood disorders among women and more externalizing disorders among men, are found consistently in epidemiological surveys. The gender roles hypothesis suggests that these differences narrow as the roles of women and men become more equal. OBJECTIVES: To study time-space (cohort-country) variation in gender differences in… Continue reading Cross-national associations between gender and mental disorders in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys
Keyword: Cross-Cultural Comparison
Age patterns in the prevalence of DSM-IV depressive/anxiety disorders with and without physical co-morbidity
BACKGROUND: Physical morbidity is a potent risk factor for depression onset and clearly increases with age, yet prior research has often found depressive disorders to decrease with age. This study tests the possibility that the relationship between age and mental disorders differs as a function of physical co-morbidity. METHOD: Eighteen general population surveys were carried… Continue reading Age patterns in the prevalence of DSM-IV depressive/anxiety disorders with and without physical co-morbidity
Depression-anxiety relationships with chronic physical conditions: results from the World Mental Health Surveys
BACKGROUND: Prior research on the association between affective disorders and physical conditions has been carried out in developed countries, usually in clinical populations, on a limited range of mental disorders and physical conditions, and has seldom taken into account the comorbidity between depressive and anxiety disorders. METHODS: Eighteen general population surveys were carried out among… Continue reading Depression-anxiety relationships with chronic physical conditions: results from the World Mental Health Surveys
Mental disorders among persons with arthritis: results from the World Mental Health Surveys
BACKGROUND: Prior studies in the USA have reported higher rates of mental disorders among persons with arthritis but no cross-national studies have been conducted. In this study the prevalence of specific mental disorders among persons with arthritis was estimated and their association with arthritis across diverse countries assessed. METHOD: The study was a series of… Continue reading Mental disorders among persons with arthritis: results from the World Mental Health Surveys