The Bidirectional Associations Between Psychotic Experiences and DSM-IV Mental Disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

While it is now recognized that psychotic experiences are associated with an increased risk of later mental disorders, we lack a detailed understanding of the reciprocal time-lagged relationships between first onsets of psychotic experiences and mental disorders. Using data from World Health Organization World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys, the authors assessed the bidirectional temporal associations between psychotic experiences and mental disorders.

Method

The WMH Surveys assessed lifetime prevalence and age at onset of psychotic experiences and 21 common DSM-IV mental disorders among 31,261 adult respondents from 18 countries. Discrete-time survival models were used to examine bivariate and multivariate associations between psychotic experiences and mental disorde

SUBMITTER: McGrath JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5175400 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature