PMID- 11435265
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20010809
LR  - 20190705
IS  - 0007-1250 (Print)
IS  - 0007-1250 (Linking)
VI  - 179
DP  - 2001 Jul
TI  - Seasonal affective disorder: prevalence, detection and current treatment in North 
      Wales.
PG  - 31-4
AB  - BACKGROUND: There is a paucity of information concerning the prevalence and 
      detection of seasonal affective disorder (SAD) in UK populations. AIMS: To 
      determine the prevalence, detection and current treatment of SAD within a general 
      population sample. METHOD: The study was conducted in conjunction with the 
      Outcomes of Depression International Network (ODIN) project, a large European 
      study of depression. At the North Wales arm of the project, 1999 adults were 
      randomly selected from a health authority database and screened by post for SAD 
      with the Seasonal Patterns Assessment Questionnaire (SPAQ). Those scoring above 
      cut-off were offered diagnostic interview, after which diagnosis of SAD according 
      to DSM-IV criteria could be made. RESULTS: The prevalence rate of SAD was 
      calculated to be 2.4% (95% CII.4-1.3). The majority of identified cases had not 
      previously received a diagnosis of SAD from their general practitioner, although 
      over half had been diagnosed with other forms of depression and had been 
      prescribed antidepressant medication. CONCLUSIONS: Although SAD was found to be 
      common in this general population sample it appeared to be largely underdiagnosed 
      and/or misdiagnosed.
FAU - Michalak, E E
AU  - Michalak EE
AD  - North Wales Section of the Department of General Practice, University of Wales 
      College of Medicine, UK.
FAU - Wilkinson, C
AU  - Wilkinson C
FAU - Dowrick, C
AU  - Dowrick C
FAU - Wilkinson, G
AU  - Wilkinson G
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - Br J Psychiatry
JT  - The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science
JID - 0342367
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Algorithms
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
MH  - Seasonal Affective Disorder/diagnosis/*epidemiology/therapy
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Wales/epidemiology
EDAT- 2001/07/04 10:00
MHDA- 2001/08/10 10:01
CRDT- 2001/07/04 10:00
PHST- 2001/07/04 10:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2001/08/10 10:01 [medline]
PHST- 2001/07/04 10:00 [entrez]
AID - S0007125000266129 [pii]
AID - 10.1192/bjp.179.1.31 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Br J Psychiatry. 2001 Jul;179:31-4. doi: 10.1192/bjp.179.1.31.