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Prevalence of mental disorders in Europe: results from the European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD) project

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica · 2004 · Vol. 109(s420) · pp. 21–27

The ESEMeD/MHEDEA 2000 Investigators✉(Montserrat Volcano Observatory)Jordi Alonso(Leipzig University)M. C. Angermeyer(Leipzig University)Sebastian Bernert(KU Leuven)Ronny Bruffaerts(University of Leicester)Traolach Brugha(GlaxoSmithKline (Netherlands))Hannah Bryson(Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli)Giovanni de Girolamo(Trimbos Institute)R. de Graaf(KU Leuven)Koen Demyttenaere(Hôpital Paul-Brousse)I. Gasquet(Universitat de Barcelona)Josep María Haro(General Department of Preventive Medicine)Steven J. Katz(Harvard University Press)Ronald C. KesslerV. Kovess(Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris)Jean‐Pierre Lépine(University of Groningen)Johan Ormel(Istituto Superiore di Sanità)G. Polidori(GlaxoSmithKline (Netherlands))Leo Russo(Institut Municipal d'Assistència Sanitària)Gemma Vilagut(Institut Municipal d'Assistència Sanitària)Josué Almansa(Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris)S. Arbabzadeh‐Bouchez(Universitat de Barcelona)J. Autonell(Universitat de Barcelona)Mariola Bernal(Trimbos Institute)M. A. Buist‐Bouwman(Institut Municipal d'Assistència Sanitària)Miquel Codony(Institut Municipal d'Assistència Sanitària)Antònia Domingo‐Salvany(Institut Municipal d'Assistència Sanitària)Montse Ferrer(GlaxoSmithKline (Netherlands))S. S. Joo(Institut Municipal d'Assistència Sanitària)Montserrat Martínez‐Alonso(Leipzig University)Herbert Matschinger(University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)Fausto Mazzi(University of Leicester)Z. Morgan(Istituto Superiore di Sanità)Pierluigi Morosini(Universitat de Barcelona)C. Palacín(Institut Municipal d'Assistència Sanitària)B. Romera(University of Leicester)N. Taub(Trimbos Institute)Wilma Vollebergh

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Abstract

ESEMeD is the first study to highlight the magnitude of mental disorders in the six European countries studied. Mental disorders were frequent, more common in female, unemployed, disabled persons, or persons who were never married or previously married. Younger persons were also more likely to have mental disorders, indicating an early age of onset for mood, anxiety and alcohol disorders.

Mental Health Treatment and Access Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychiatryAnxietyPrevalence of mental disordersMood disordersCIDIMoodAlcohol abuseAnxiety disorderDepression (economics)Alcohol use disorder

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AdolescentAdultAgedAlcoholismAnxietyMental DisordersCross-Sectional StudiesDemographyEuropeFemaleHumansInternational CooperationInterview, PsychologicalMaleMiddle Aged