The authors examined disorder overlap, comorbidity, stability, and predictors of somatoform disorders (SDs) by "lifetime" and "current" symptom criteria in a general population sample of 421 respondents interviewed with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview in 1990 and 2001. Disorder overlap and comorbidity were considerable. "Current" SDs were four times more likely to occur among r...

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS — We assessed 506 diabetic patients for major depressive disorder (MDD) by a structured interview (Composite International Diagnostic Interview [CIDI]), a questionnaire for depressive symptoms (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale [CESD]), and on the Diabetes Distress Scale. Demographic characteristics, two biological variables (A1C and non-HDL cholest...

Patients: 418 adolescents aged 13–21 years, presenting at clinic with either of two criteria: endorsed ‘‘stem items’’ for major depression or dysthymia from 12 month Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI-12), one week or more of depressive symptoms in the past month, and a total Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) score of >16; or a CES-D score of >24. Exclu...

BACKGROUND The South African Stress and Health (SASH) study is the first large-scale population-based study of common mental disorders in the country. This paper provides data on the 12-month and lifetime prevalence of these conditions. METHODS Data from a nationally representative sample of 4351 adults were analysed. Mental disorders were assessed with the Composite International Diagnostic ...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of comorbidity among people with arthritis in the US adult population and to determine the role of comorbidity in accounting for the association of arthritis with days out of role (a measure of inability to work or carry out normal activities). METHODS Data come from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R), a nationally representative household...

In this paper, we investigate to what extent alcohol-dependent individuals fare worse in the Finnish labour market, using data from a large Finnish health survey. We used the DSM-IV criteria for alcohol dependence assessed by a composite international diagnostic interview (CIDI). We find that there are substantial disadvantages for alcohol-dependent men and women in the labour market, in the se...