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Prevalence and treatment of common mental disorders in the English national population, 1993-2007.

Spiers, N; Qassem, T; Bebbington, P; McManus, S; King, M; Jenkins, R; Meltzer, H; (2016) Prevalence and treatment of common mental disorders in the English national population, 1993-2007. British Journal Of Psychiatry , 209 (2) pp. 150-156. 10.1192/bjp.bp.115.174979. Green open access

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The National Psychiatric Morbidity Surveys include English cross-sectional household samples surveyed in 1993, 2000 and 2007. AIMS: To evaluate frequency of common mental disorders (CMDs), service contact and treatment. METHOD: Common mental disorders were identified with the Clinical Interview Schedule - Revised (CIS-R). Service contact and treatment were established in structured interviews. RESULTS: There were 8615, 6126 and 5385 participants aged 16-64. Prevalence of CMDs was consistent (1993: 14.3%; 2000: 16.0%; 2007: 16.0%), as was past-year primary care physician contact for psychological problems (1993: 11.3%; 2000: 12.0%; 2007: 11.7%). Antidepressant receipt in people with CMDs more than doubled between 1993 (5.7%) and 2000 (14.5%), with little further increase by 2007 (15.9%). Psychological treatments increased in successive surveys. Many with CMDs received no treatment. CONCLUSIONS: Reduction in prevalence did not follow increased treatment uptake, and may require universal public health measures together with individual pharmacological, psychological and computer-based interventions.

Type: Article
Title: Prevalence and treatment of common mental disorders in the English national population, 1993-2007.
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.115.174979
Publisher version: http://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.115.174979
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2017. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Psychiatry, Randomized Controlled-trial, Primary-care, United-states, Health-care, Depression, Metaanalysis, Britain, Trends, Nonresponse, Management
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Division of Psychiatry
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > IoN RLW Inst of Neurological Sci
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1499893
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