Anxious and non-anxious major depressive disorder in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys

RC Kessler, NA Sampson, P Berglund… - Epidemiology and …, 2015 - cambridge.org
Background. To examine cross-national patterns and correlates of lifetime and 12-month
comorbid DSM-IV anxiety disorders among people with lifetime and 12-month DSM-IV major …

The epidemiology of major depressive episodes: results from the International Consortium of Psychiatric Epidemiology (ICPE) Surveys

L Andrade, JJ Caraveo‐Anduaga… - … journal of methods …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Absence of a common diagnostic interview has hampered cross‐national syntheses of
epidemiological evidence on major depressive episodes (MDE). Community …

Age differences in the prevalence and co‐morbidity of DSM‐IV major depressive episodes: results from the WHO World Mental Health Survey Initiative

RC Kessler, HG Birnbaum, V Shahly… - Depression and …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Although depression appears to decrease in late life, this could be due to
misattribution of depressive symptoms to physical disorders that increase in late life …

The effects of anxiety, substance use and conduct disorders on risk of major depressive disorder

JM Hettema, CA Prescott, KS Kendler - Psychological Medicine, 2003 - cambridge.org
Background. Major depressive disorder (MDD) is highly co-morbid with other Axis I
disorders, which commonly precede its onset. We sought to determine the level and periods …

Challenging the myth of an “epidemic” of common mental disorders: trends in the global prevalence of anxiety and depression between 1990 and 2010

AJ Baxter, KM Scott, AJ Ferrari… - Depression and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background Anxiety disorders and major depressive disorder (MDD) are common and
disabling mental disorders. This paper aims to test the hypothesis that common mental …

Classification of anxiety disorders comorbid with major depression: common or distinct influences on risk?

A Moscati, J Flint, KS Kendler - Depression and anxiety, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background Anxiety and depression display frequent comorbidity. Individuals with comorbid
disorders also often have more extreme symptomatology than those with single disorders …

Why do people with anxiety disorders become depressed? A prospective‐longitudinal community study

HU Wittchen, RC Kessler, H Pfister… - Acta Psychiatrica …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: To examine the temporal relationships of anxiety and depressive disorders, their
risk factors and to explore why people with anxiety develop depression. Method: Data from …

Cross-national epidemiology of DSM-IV major depressive episode

E Bromet, LH Andrade, I Hwang, NA Sampson… - BMC medicine, 2011 - Springer
Background Major depression is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide, yet
epidemiologic data are not available for many countries, particularly low-to middle-income …

Twelve-month prevalence, correlates, and treatment preference of adults with DSM-IV major depressive episode in Hong Kong

S Lee, A Tsang, K Kwok - Journal of Affective Disorders, 2007 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The most recent large-scale community mental health survey of depression
among adults in Hong Kong was conducted over two decades ago. The lifetime prevalence …

What characteristics of primary anxiety disorders predict subsequent major depressive disorder

A Bittner, RD Goodwin, HU Wittchen, K Beesdo… - J Clin …, 2004 - psychiatrist.com
Objective: The goal of this study was to examine the associations between specific anxiety
disorders and the risk of major depressive disorder and to explore the role of various clinical …