Enduring mental health in the Baltimore epidemiologic catchment area follow-up study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To estimate the prevalence of enduring mental health (EMH) and examine important correlates of EMH 23 years later in the Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area Follow-Up study.

Methods

We estimated the prevalence of EMH among 964 adults with diagnostic data at all four study waves (1981-2004). Those with EMH were compared to those with any mental or behavioral disorder by demographic, psychosocial, and health characteristics. We used forward selection models to identify the most important predictors of EMH.

Results

Twenty-six percent of participants met criteria for enduring mental health across the four waves. Neuroticism, GHQ-20 score, childhood conduct problems, female sex, maternal depression, and poor self-rated health were negatively associated with EMH.

SUBMITTER: Schneider KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6675629 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature