Psychiatry Research
Volume 121, Issue 3 , Pages 293-301, 1 January 2004

Lifetime and 6-month prevalence of DSM-III-R psychiatric disorders in an urban community in Japan

  • Norito Kawakami

      Affiliations

    • Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81-86-235-7170; fax: +81-86-235-7178
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  • Hiroyuki Shimizu

      Affiliations

    • Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
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  • Takashi Haratani

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Industrial Health, Kawasaki, Japan
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  • Noboru Iwata

      Affiliations

    • Division of Health Science, University of East Asia, Shimonoseki, Japan
    • ,
  • Toshinori Kitamura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Kumamoto, Japan

Received 6 June 2003; received in revised form 24 July 2003; accepted 14 August 2003.

Abstract 

We conducted a community-based interview survey of a random sample of residents aged 20 years or older in an urban community in Japan using the University of Michigan Version of the WHO Composite International Diagnostic Interview for selected mood and anxiety disorders and alcohol abuse/dependence according to DSM-III-R. The final sample consisted of 1029 respondents (response rate, 57%). The lifetime and 6-month prevalences of selected mood, anxiety and alcohol use disorders were low in general. Alcohol abuse/dependence was more prevalent in men than in women. Younger respondents had a greater risk of generalized anxiety disorder and alcohol dependence. A greater risk of mood, anxiety and alcohol use disorders was observed among a recent birth cohort. We confirmed a lower prevalence of mood and anxiety disorders and alcohol use disorders in a community population in Japan than in Western countries, observations that were similar to previous ones in East-Asian countries. The patterns of demographic correlates and comorbidity are similar to those of most other countries.

Keywords: Mental disorders, CIDI, Gender, Age, Birth cohort, Comorbidity, Cross-cultural

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PII: S0165-1781(03)00239-7

doi:10.1016/S0165-1781(03)00239-7

Psychiatry Research
Volume 121, Issue 3 , Pages 293-301, 1 January 2004

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