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Cross-national epidemiology of panic disorder and panic attacks in the world mental health surveys: J onge et al.

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de Jonge, Peter, Roest, Annelieke M., Lim, Carmen C.W., Florescu, Silvia E., Bromet, Evelyn J., Stein, Dan J., Harris, Meredith, Nakov, Vladimir +24 more·2016·Depression and Anxiety

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CONTEXT: The scarcity of cross-national reports and the changes in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual version 5 (DSM-5) regarding panic disorder (PD) and panic attacks (PAs) call for new epidemiological data on PD and PAs and its subtypes in the general population. OBJECTIVE: To present representative data about the cross-national epidemiology of PD and PAs in accordance with DSM-5 definitions. DESIGN AND SETTING: Nationally representative cross-sectional surveys using the World Health Organization Composite International Diagnostic Interview version 3.0. PARTICIPANTS: Respondents (n = 142,949) from 25 high, middle, and lower-middle income countries across the world aged 18 years or older. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: PD and presence of single and recurrent PAs. RESULTS: Lifetime prevalence of PAs was 13.2% (SE 0.1%). Among persons that ever had a PA, the majority had recurrent PAs (66.5%; SE 0.5%), while only 12.8% fulfilled DSM-5 criteria for PD. Recurrent PAs were associated with a subsequent onset of a variety of mental disorders (OR 2.0; 95% CI 1.8-2.2) and their course (OR 1.3; 95% CI 1.2-2.4) whereas single PAs were not (OR 1.1; 95% CI 0.9-1.3 and OR 0.7; 95% CI 0.6-0.8). Cross-national lifetime prevalence estimates were 1.7% (SE 0.0%) for PD with a median age of onset of 32 (IQR 20-47). Some 80.4% of persons with lifetime PD had a lifetime comorbid mental disorder. CONCLUSIONS: We extended previous epidemiological data to a cross-national context. The presence of recurrent PAs in particular is associated with subsequent onset and course of mental disorders beyond agoraphobia and PD, and might serve as a generic risk marker for psychopathology.

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de Jonge, P., Roest, A. M., Lim, C. C. W., Florescu, S. E., Bromet, E. J., Stein, D. J., Harris, M., Nakov, V., Caldas-de-Almeida, J. M., Levinson, D., Al-Hamzawi, A. O., Haro, J. M., Viana, M. C., Borges, G., O'Neill, S., de Girolamo, G., Demyttenaere, K., Gureje, O., Iwata, N., Lee, S., Hu, C., Karam, A., Moskalewicz, J., Kovess-Masfety, V., Navarro-Mateu, F., Browne, M. O., Piazza, M., Posada-Villa, J., Torres, Y., ten Have, M. L., Kessler, R. C., & Scott, K. M.
Affiliations
  • Department of Psychiatry; Interdisciplinary Center Psychopathology and Emotion Regulation (ICPE); University Medical Center Groningen; University of Groningen; Groningen The Netherlands
  • University Medical Center Groningen (NL)
  • University of Otago (NZ)
  • National School of Public Health, Management and Professional Development (RO)
  • Stony Brook School (US)
  • University of Cape Town (ZA)
  • The University of Queensland (AU)
  • National Center of Public Health and Analyses (BG)
  • Chronic Diseases research Center (CEDOC) and Department of Mental Health; Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas; Universidade Nova de Lisboa; Lisboa Portugal
  • Israel Ministry of Health (IL)
  • University of Al-Qadisiyah (IQ)
  • Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (ES)
  • Department of Social Medicine; Federal University of Espirito Santo; Brazil
  • Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz (MX)
  • School of Psychology; University of Ulster; Londonderry UK
  • IRCCS Centro S. Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli; Brescia Italy
  • Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven (BE)
  • University of Ibadan (NG)
  • Hiroshima International University (JP)
  • Department of Psychiatry; The Chinese University of Hongkong; Hongkong China
  • Peking University (CN)
  • Institute for Development; Research; Advocacy and Applied Care (IDRAAC); Beirut Lebanon
  • Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology (PL)
  • Ecole des Hautes Estudies en Sante Pulbique; Paris Descartes University; Paris France
  • Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria (IMIB)-Arrixaca. Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red. Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP)-Murcia. Subdirección General de Salud Mental y Asistencia Psiquiátrica. Servicio Murciano de Salud; El Palmar (Murcia) Spain
  • Centre for Mental Health; Melbourne School of Population and Global Health; University of Melbourne; Australia
  • Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (PE)
  • El Bosque University; Bogota Colombia
  • Universidad CES (CO)
  • Trimbos Instituut; Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction; Utrecht Netherlands
  • Harvard University (US)
Venue
Depression and Anxiety
Published
2016-10-24
Volume
33
Issue
12
Pages
1155-1177
ISSN
1091-4269 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2543093936
Cited by
229
References
27
Citations by year
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FWCI
18.79
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Depression and Anxiety (publishedVersion)
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  • Ulster University Research Portal (Ulster University) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
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  • RECERCAT (Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya) (acceptedVersion)
  • Repositorio Institucional Universidad El Bosque (submittedVersion)
  • Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona (Universitat de Barcelona) (submittedVersion, public-domain)
  • Minerva Access (University of Melbourne) (submittedVersion)
  • University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (044708)
  • John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (R01 DA016558, R13-MH066849)
  • John W. Alden Trust
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb
  • Eli Lilly and Company
  • Pfizer
  • GlaxoSmithKline
  • World Health Organization
  • F. Hoffmann-La Roche
  • Public Health Agency
  • ZonMw (91812607)
  • Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (91812607;)
  • Universidade de Lisboa
  • Fundación para la Formación e Investigación Sanitarias de la Región de Murcia
  • Servicio Murciano de Salud
  • Fakultet Medicinskih Nauka, Univerziteta U Kragujevcu
  • Servier
  • H. Lundbeck A/S
  • Fundação Champalimaud (R01 MH070884)
  • Ministerio de Salud
  • Ministerstwo Zdrowia
  • National Institutes of Health (5r13mh066849-04, 5r01mh069864-04, 5r01mh070884-05)
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
  • Pfizer Foundation (R01‐MH069864, R01-DA016558, R13-MH066849, R03-TW006481)
  • Pan American Health Organization
  • Medical Research Council
  • Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
  • Consejería de Sanidad y Política Social, Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R13-MH-066849, R01‐MH070884, R01MH061905, R01MH059575, MH60220, MH070884, U01MH060220, R01‐MH069864)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA016558)
  • Fogarty International Center (FIRCA R03TW006481, R03TW006481)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords
panic disorder, panic attacks, DSM-5 diagnostic criteria, comorbidities, age of onset, agoraphobia, World Mental Health Surveys
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Asia, Australia, Cross-Sectional Studies, Europe, Female, Health Surveys, Humans, Male, Mexico, Middle Aged, New Zealand, Nigeria, South America, United States, Prevalence, Panic Disorder, Internationality, Young Adult

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