2004-11-01
Prevalence of bipolar disorder in the general population: A Reappraisal Study of the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study
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Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica , Volume 110 - Issue 5 p. 374- 382
Objective: The Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study (NEMESIS) is a Dutch population study using a fully structured interview (Composite International Diagnostic Interview, CIDI), administered by trained interviewers. Based on all three assessments of NEMESIS, 2.4% of the respondents were identified with lifetime bipolar disorder (DSM-III-R). The primary aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence of bipolar disorder in the same population based on a semistructured interview administered by clinicians. Method: Seventy-four persons identified with a lifetime CIDI/DSM-III-R bipolar disorder and 40 persons with a major depressive disorder (MDD) were reinterviewed with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM (SCID). Results: Based on the SCID, 30 of 74 respondents with a CIDI/DSM-III-R bipolar disorder and eight of 40 respondents with MDD met DSM-IV criteria for bipolar disorder or cyclothymia, corresponding with an adjusted lifetime prevalence in these groups of 1% (95% CI: 0.7-1.3%) and 4.2% (95% CI: 1.6-6.9%) respectively. Conclusion: Compared with the SCID, the CIDI on the one hand overdiagnoses bipolar disorder but on the other hand underdiagnoses bipolar disorder.
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doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.2004.00363.x, hdl.handle.net/1765/65515 | |
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Organisation | Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management (ESHPM) |
Regeer, E. J., ten Have, M., Rosso, M., Hakkaart-van Roijen, L., Vollebergh, W., & Nolen, W. (2004). Prevalence of bipolar disorder in the general population: A Reappraisal Study of the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 110(5), 374–382. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.2004.00363.x |