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Prevalence of Mental Disorders among Older Chinese People in Tianjin City

Author(s) -

Guangming Xu,

Chen Gong,

Qin Zhou,

Ning Li,

Xiaoying Zheng

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

the canadian journal of psychiatry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.68

H-Index - 117

eISSN - 1497-0015

pISSN - 0706-7437

DOI - 10.1177/0706743717727241

Subject(s) - prevalence of mental disorders , mental health , mood disorders , medicine , psychiatry , mood , cohort , mental illness , population , anxiety , environmental health

Population aging is accelerating across the world, and older people have a higher risk of mental disorders. Most studies focus on one mental disorder, and only report the current prevalence. Besides, these studies use screening scales for symptoms of mental disorders, which may induce biased results. In this study, we used data for diagnoses based on SCID that had been administered by trained psychiatrists to explore the 1-month and lifetime prevalence of mental disorders among a Chinese aged cohort.

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