Chapter 16. Epidemiology of Depressive and Anxiety Disorders

  1. Ming T. Tsuang3,4,
  2. Mauricio Tohen5,6
  1. Ewald Horwath1,
  2. Rose S. Cohen1,
  3. Myrna M. Weissman2

Published Online: 22 APR 2003

DOI: 10.1002/0471234311.ch16

Book Title

Textbook in Psychiatric Epidemiology, Second Edition

Textbook in Psychiatric Epidemiology, Second Edition

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How to Cite

Horwath, E., Cohen, R. S. and Weissman, M. M. (2003) Epidemiology of Depressive and Anxiety Disorders, in Textbook in Psychiatric Epidemiology, Second Edition (eds M. T. Tsuang and M. Tohen), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/0471234311.ch16

Editor Information

  1. 3

    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA

  2. 4

    Pediatric Psychopharmacology Unit, Psychiatry Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA

  3. 5

    Lilly Research Laboratories, Indianapolis, IN, USA

  4. 6

    Department of Psychiatry, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02184, USA

Author Information

  1. 1

    College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA

  2. 2

    Department of Epidemiology in Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 22 APR 2003
  2. Published Print: 23 AUG 2002

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780471409748

Online ISBN: 9780471234319

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Keywords:

  • epidemiology of depressive disorders;
  • epidemiology of anxiety disorders;
  • major depression;
  • dysthymic disorder;
  • anxiety disorders;
  • panic disorder;
  • agoraphobia;
  • generalized anxiety disorder;
  • social phobia;
  • obsessive-compulsive disorder;
  • future developments

Summary

The authors present a review epidemiologic studies of the 1980s and 1990s that use standardized interview instruments, operationalized diagnostic criteria, and reported data on widely agreed-upon diagnostic categories. The chapter focuses on two categories of mood disorder: major depression and dysthymia, and on five anxiety disorders: panic disorder, agoraphobia, social phobia, generalized anxiety disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

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