Lifetime and 12-month prevalence of DSM-III-R psychiatric disorders in the United States: results from the National Comorbidity Survey
Background: This study presents estimates of lifetime and 12-month prevalence of 14DSM-III-
Rpsychiatric disorders from the National Comorbidity Survey, the first survey to administer a
structured psychiatric interview to a national probability sample in the United States.
Methods: TheDSM-III-Rpsychiatric disorders among persons aged 15 to 54 years in the
noninstitutionalized civilian population of the United States were assessed with data
collected by lay interviewers using a revised version of the Composite International …
Rpsychiatric disorders from the National Comorbidity Survey, the first survey to administer a
structured psychiatric interview to a national probability sample in the United States.
Methods: TheDSM-III-Rpsychiatric disorders among persons aged 15 to 54 years in the
noninstitutionalized civilian population of the United States were assessed with data
collected by lay interviewers using a revised version of the Composite International …
