Lifetime prevalence and age-of-onset distributions of mental disorders in the Saudi National Mental Health Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To estimate lifetime prevalence of mental disorders in the Saudi National Mental Health Survey (SNMHS).

Methods

The SNMHS is a face-to-face community epidemiological survey in a nationally representative household sample of citizens ages 15-65 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) (n = 4,004). The World Health Organization (WHO) Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) was used to estimate lifetime prevalence of common DSM-IV mental disorders.

Results

Estimated lifetime prevalence of any DSM-IV/CIDI disorder is 34.2% and lifetime morbid risk is 38.0%. Anxiety disorders are by far the most prevalent (23.2%) followed by disruptive behavior (11.2%), mood (9.3%), eating (6.1%), and substance use (4.0%) disorders. Synthetic estimates of cohort effects

SUBMITTER: Altwaijri YA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7507419 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature