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Depression in the Community: Prevalence and Treatment

Depression in the Community: Prevalence and Treatment Abstract • Research Diagnostic Criteria were used to make psychiatric diagnoses in a study of the prevalence of depression and its treatment in Alameda County, California, in 1978. As in findings from a study in New Haven, Conn, the number of people with clinical depression (as well as those with other psychiatric disorders) who sought help from a mental health professional or from any other source was quite low (only one in five had seen a mental health professional). Men in particular were less likely to report having received treatment for their emotional problems. However, contrary to the New Haven study, in Alameda County those with depression diagnosed were not more likely than those with other psychiatric diagnoses to seek care for emotional problems from nonpsychiatric physicians or from other sources of care. References 1. Weissman MM, Myers JK, Thompson ED: Depression and its treatment in a US urban community—1975-1976 . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1981;38:417-421.Crossref 2. Regier DA, Goldberg ID, Taube CA: The de facto US mental health services system . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1978;3:685-693.Crossref 3. Myers JK, Weissman MM: Psychiatric disorders and their treatment: A community survey . Med Care 1980;18:117-123.Crossref 4. Shepherd M, Cooper B, Brown AC, et al: Psychiatric Illness in General Practice . London, Oxford University Press, 1966. 5. Locke BZ, Gardner E: Psychiatric disorders among the patients of general practitioners and internists . Public Health Rep 1969;84:167-173.Crossref 6. Locke BZ, Krantz G, Kramer M: Psychiatric need and demand in a prepaid group practice program . Am J Public Health 1966;56:895-904.Crossref 7. Rosen BM, Locke BZ, Goldberg ID, et al: Identifying emotional disturbance in persons seen in industrial dispensaries . Ment Hyg 1970;54:271-279. 8. Rosen BM, Locke BZ, Goldberg ID, et al: Identification of emotional disturbance in patients seen in general medical clinics . Hosp Community Psychiatry 1972;23:364-370. 9. Link B, Dohrenwend BP: Formulation of hypotheses about the ratio of untreated to treated cases in the true prevalence studies of functional psychiatric disorders in adults in the United States , in Dohrenwend BP, Dohrenwend BS, Gould MS, et al (eds): Mental Illness in the United States: Epidemiologic Estimates . New York, Praeger Publications, 1980, pp 133-149. 10. Vernon SV, Roberts RE: Further observations on the problem of measuring nonspecific psychological distress and other dimensions of psychopathology . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1981;38:1239-1247.Crossref 11. Vernon SW, Roberts RE: Use of the SADS-RDC in a tri-ethnic community survey . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1982;39:47-52.Crossref 12. Endicott J, Spitzer RD: A diagnostic interview: The Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1978;35:837-844.Crossref 13. Spitzer RL, Endicott J, Robins E: Research Diagnostic Criteria: Rationale and reliability . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1978;35:773-782.Crossref 14. Bromet E: Three Mile Island: Mental Health Findings . Pittsburgh, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 1980. 15. Roberts RE, Vernon SW: Usefulness of the PERI Demoralization Scale to screen for psychiatric disorder in a community sample . Psychiatry Res 1981;5:183-193.Crossref 16. Weissman MM, Myers JK: Affective disorders in a United States urban community: The use of research diagnostic criteria in an epidemiological survey . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1978;35:1304-1311.Crossref 17. Mantel N, Haenzel W: Statistical aspects of the analysis of data from retrospective studies of disease . JNCI 1959;22:719-748. 18. Houpt J, Orleans C, George LK, et al: The Importance of Mental Health Services to General Health Care . Cambridge, Mass, Ballinger Publishing Co, 1979. 19. Kessler RC, Brown RL, Broman CL: Sex differences in psychiatric help-seeking: Evidence from four large-scale surveys . J Health Soc Behav 1981;22:49-64.Crossref http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of General Psychiatry American Medical Association

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0003-990X
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10.1001/archpsyc.1982.04290120041008
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Abstract

Abstract • Research Diagnostic Criteria were used to make psychiatric diagnoses in a study of the prevalence of depression and its treatment in Alameda County, California, in 1978. As in findings from a study in New Haven, Conn, the number of people with clinical depression (as well as those with other psychiatric disorders) who sought help from a mental health professional or from any other source was quite low (only one in five had seen a mental health professional). Men in particular were less likely to report having received treatment for their emotional problems. However, contrary to the New Haven study, in Alameda County those with depression diagnosed were not more likely than those with other psychiatric diagnoses to seek care for emotional problems from nonpsychiatric physicians or from other sources of care. References 1. Weissman MM, Myers JK, Thompson ED: Depression and its treatment in a US urban community—1975-1976 . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1981;38:417-421.Crossref 2. Regier DA, Goldberg ID, Taube CA: The de facto US mental health services system . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1978;3:685-693.Crossref 3. Myers JK, Weissman MM: Psychiatric disorders and their treatment: A community survey . Med Care 1980;18:117-123.Crossref 4. Shepherd M, Cooper B, Brown AC, et al: Psychiatric Illness in General Practice . London, Oxford University Press, 1966. 5. Locke BZ, Gardner E: Psychiatric disorders among the patients of general practitioners and internists . Public Health Rep 1969;84:167-173.Crossref 6. Locke BZ, Krantz G, Kramer M: Psychiatric need and demand in a prepaid group practice program . Am J Public Health 1966;56:895-904.Crossref 7. Rosen BM, Locke BZ, Goldberg ID, et al: Identifying emotional disturbance in persons seen in industrial dispensaries . Ment Hyg 1970;54:271-279. 8. Rosen BM, Locke BZ, Goldberg ID, et al: Identification of emotional disturbance in patients seen in general medical clinics . Hosp Community Psychiatry 1972;23:364-370. 9. Link B, Dohrenwend BP: Formulation of hypotheses about the ratio of untreated to treated cases in the true prevalence studies of functional psychiatric disorders in adults in the United States , in Dohrenwend BP, Dohrenwend BS, Gould MS, et al (eds): Mental Illness in the United States: Epidemiologic Estimates . New York, Praeger Publications, 1980, pp 133-149. 10. Vernon SV, Roberts RE: Further observations on the problem of measuring nonspecific psychological distress and other dimensions of psychopathology . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1981;38:1239-1247.Crossref 11. Vernon SW, Roberts RE: Use of the SADS-RDC in a tri-ethnic community survey . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1982;39:47-52.Crossref 12. Endicott J, Spitzer RD: A diagnostic interview: The Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1978;35:837-844.Crossref 13. Spitzer RL, Endicott J, Robins E: Research Diagnostic Criteria: Rationale and reliability . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1978;35:773-782.Crossref 14. Bromet E: Three Mile Island: Mental Health Findings . Pittsburgh, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 1980. 15. Roberts RE, Vernon SW: Usefulness of the PERI Demoralization Scale to screen for psychiatric disorder in a community sample . Psychiatry Res 1981;5:183-193.Crossref 16. Weissman MM, Myers JK: Affective disorders in a United States urban community: The use of research diagnostic criteria in an epidemiological survey . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1978;35:1304-1311.Crossref 17. Mantel N, Haenzel W: Statistical aspects of the analysis of data from retrospective studies of disease . JNCI 1959;22:719-748. 18. Houpt J, Orleans C, George LK, et al: The Importance of Mental Health Services to General Health Care . Cambridge, Mass, Ballinger Publishing Co, 1979. 19. Kessler RC, Brown RL, Broman CL: Sex differences in psychiatric help-seeking: Evidence from four large-scale surveys . J Health Soc Behav 1981;22:49-64.Crossref

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Archives of General PsychiatryAmerican Medical Association

Published: Dec 1, 1982

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