1. DSM-III mental disorders in general medical sector: a follow-up and incidence study over a two-year period
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G. Berti Ceroni, E. Gallo, Stefano Gherardi, C. Neri, F. Berti Ceroni, Paola Rucci, M. A. Corsino, R. Bivi, A. Pezzoli, G. Giovannini, and P. De Marco
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Adult ,Male ,Emergency rooms ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Health (social science) ,Social Psychology ,Epidemiology ,Prevalence of mental disorders ,medicine ,Humans ,Longitudinal Studies ,Prospective Studies ,Psychiatry ,Incidence study ,Patient Care Team ,Psychiatric Status Rating Scales ,business.industry ,Incidence ,Mental Disorders ,Public health ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Comorbidity ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Italy ,General practice ,Female ,Emergency Service, Hospital ,Family Practice ,business - Abstract
In three general medical settings (general practice, hospital medical wards and emergency rooms) about 20% of the adult attenders had a DSM-III mental disorder, mainly in the area of affective and anxious disorders. Some of these disorders were quite severe. Of those cases reassessed 1 year and 2 years after the first interview, less than a quarter reached a "no-diagnosis status". The chronicity of most cases dependent on the interplay not only of either relapse or duration of the main disorder but also of comorbidity and incidence of new disorders. A high incidence of more transient disorders in subjects who were well at first assessment was also found.
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- 1992
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