BACKGROUND: No national data on lifetime prevalence and risk factors for DSM-IV psychiatric disorders are available in Mexico. AIMS: To present data on lifetime prevalence and projected lifetime risk, age at onset and demographic correlates of DSM-IV psychiatric disorders assessed in the Mexican National Comorbidity Survey. METHOD: The survey was based on a multistage area probability sample of non-institutionalised people aged 18-65 years in urban Mexico. The World Mental Health Survey version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview was administered by lay interviewers. RESULTS: Of those surveyed, 26.1% had experienced at least one psychiatric disorder in their life and 36.4% of Mexicans will eventually experience one of these disorders. Half of the population who present with a psychiatric disorder do so by the age of 21 and younger cohorts are at greater risk for most disorders. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest an urgent need to re-evaluate the resources allocated for the detection and treatment of psychiatric illnesses in Mexico.
BACKGROUND: No national data on lifetime prevalence and risk factors for DSM-IV psychiatric disorders are available in Mexico. AIMS: To present data on lifetime prevalence and projected lifetime risk, age at onset and demographic correlates of DSM-IV psychiatric disorders assessed in the Mexican National Comorbidity Survey. METHOD: The survey was based on a multistage area probability sample of non-institutionalised people aged 18-65 years in urban Mexico. The World Mental Health Survey version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview was administered by lay interviewers. RESULTS: Of those surveyed, 26.1% had experienced at least one psychiatric disorder in their life and 36.4% of Mexicans will eventually experience one of these disorders. Half of the population who present with a psychiatric disorder do so by the age of 21 and younger cohorts are at greater risk for most disorders. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest an urgent need to re-evaluate the resources allocated for the detection and treatment of psychiatric illnesses in Mexico.
Authors: Roberto Rentería; Corina Benjet; Raúl A Gutiérrez-García; Adrián Abrego-Ramírez; Yesica Albor; Guilherme Borges; María Anabell Covarrubias Díaz-Couder; María Del Socorro Durán; Rogaciano González-González; Rebeca Guzmán Saldaña; Alicia E Hermosillo De la Torre; Ana María Martínez-Jerez; Kalina I Martinez Martinez; María Elena Medina-Mora; Sinead Martínez Ruiz; María Abigail Paz Pérez; Gustavo Pérez Tarango; María Alicia Zavala Berbena; Enrique Méndez; Randy P Auerbach; Philippe Mortier Journal: Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol Date: 2020-09-04 Impact factor: 4.328
Authors: Guilherme Borges; Matthew K Nock; Maria Elena Medina-Mora; Irving Hwang; Ronald C Kessler Journal: J Affect Disord Date: 2009-11-18 Impact factor: 4.839
Authors: Alfredo H Cía; Juan Carlos Stagnaro; Sergio Aguilar Gaxiola; Horacio Vommaro; Gustavo Loera; María Elena Medina-Mora; Sebastían Sustas; Corina Benjet; Ronald C Kessler Journal: Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol Date: 2018-02-19 Impact factor: 4.328