PMID- 7795920
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19950731
LR  - 20190705
IS  - 0007-1250 (Print)
IS  - 0007-1250 (Linking)
VI  - 166
IP  - 4
DP  - 1995 Apr
TI  - Assessment of the prevalence of psychiatric disorder in young adults.
PG  - 480-8
AB  - BACKGROUND: The effectiveness of different assessment procedures for determining 
      prevalence rates of psychiatric disorder in young adults was investigated. 
      METHOD: In a two-stage multi-method procedure, the Young Adult Self-Report, the 
      Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (SCAN), the Structured 
      Interview for Personality Disorders (Revised), and the Global Assessment of 
      Functioning (GAF) Scale were used to assess prevalence rates in 706 
      19-24-year-olds from the general population. Furthermore, individuals' subjective 
      perception of distress and referral to mental health services were assessed. 
      RESULTS: The prevalence of any SCAN/DSM-III-R disorder was 19.3% (95% confidence 
      interval: 11.2-27.4%). Most subjects who received a SCAN/DSM-III-R diagnosis were 
      only mildly impaired. The highest prevalence rates of dysfunctioning (GAF score 
      below 61) without referral to mental health services were for dissociative 
      disorder (2.3%), sleep disorder (2.1%), alcohol dependence (1.3%) and affective 
      disorder (1.8%). CONCLUSION: Instruments that assess functional impairment in 
      addition to DSM-III-R diagnoses are indispensable in prevalence studies.
FAU - Ferdinand, R F
AU  - Ferdinand RF
AD  - Sophia Children's Hospital/Erasmus University Rotterdam, Department of Child & 
      Adolescent Psychiatry, The Netherlands.
FAU - van der Reijden, M
AU  - van der Reijden M
FAU - Verhulst, F C
AU  - Verhulst FC
FAU - Nienhuis, J
AU  - Nienhuis J
FAU - Giel, R
AU  - Giel R
LA  - eng
PT  - Clinical Trial
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Randomized Controlled Trial
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  - Child
MH  - Comorbidity
MH  - Dissociative Disorders/complications
MH  - Female
MH  - Follow-Up Studies
MH  - Humans
MH  - Longitudinal Studies
MH  - Male
MH  - Mental Disorders/complications/*diagnosis/epidemiology
MH  - Mental Health Services/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Netherlands/epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - *Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
MH  - Referral and Consultation
MH  - *Surveys and Questionnaires
EDAT- 1995/04/01 00:00
MHDA- 1995/04/01 00:01
CRDT- 1995/04/01 00:00
PHST- 1995/04/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1995/04/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1995/04/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - S0007125000074195 [pii]
AID - 10.1192/bjp.166.4.480 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Br J Psychiatry. 1995 Apr;166(4):480-8. doi: 10.1192/bjp.166.4.480.