1. DSM-III mental disorders in general medical sector: a follow-up and incidence study over a two-year period.
- Author
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Berti Ceroni G, Berti Ceroni F, Bivi R, Corsino MA, De Marco P, Gallo E, Giovannini G, Gherardi S, Pezzoli A, and Rucci P
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- Adult, Cross-Sectional Studies, Emergency Service, Hospital, Family Practice, Female, Humans, Incidence, Italy epidemiology, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Mental Disorders diagnosis, Middle Aged, Prospective Studies, Mental Disorders epidemiology, Patient Care Team, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
- 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.
- Published
- 1992
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