The Early Burden of Disability in Individuals With Mood and Other Common Mental Disorders in Ontario, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Large population-based data on the trajectory to disability after the first diagnosis of a mood disorder are lacking.

Objective

To assess the time between an incident mood disorder diagnosis and the receipt of disability services during a follow-up period of as long as 20 years.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used health administrative and social service data from ICES for 1 902 792 adults aged 18 to 59 years living in Ontario, Canada. A narrow cohort of individuals who had a new diagnosis of a mood disorder between October 1, 1997, and March 31, 2007, matched by sex and age to individuals with no history of mood disorder, included 278 296 participants. A broader cohort of individuals who had a new diagnosis of other common mental disor

SUBMITTER: Frey BN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7588941 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature