Prevalence of mental disorders in Sardinia: a community study in an inland mining district
| Autor: | B. Carpiniello, N. Rudas, M.G. Carta, Pierluigi Morosini |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
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Cross-Cultural Comparison Male Rural Population medicine.medical_specialty Cross-sectional study Mining Prevalence of mental disorders Epidemiology Humans Medicine Applied Psychology Depression (differential diagnoses) Aged Psychotropic Drugs Mood Disorders business.industry Incidence Mental Disorders Incidence (epidemiology) Middle Aged medicine.disease Drug Utilization Psychiatry and Mental health Cross-Sectional Studies Italy Mood disorders Anxiety Female medicine.symptom business Anxiety disorder Demography |
| Zdroj: | Psychological Medicine. 21:1061-1071 |
| ISSN: | 1469-8978 0033-2917 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s0033291700030051 |
| Popis: | SYNOPSISUsing standardized interviews 374 subjects randomly selected among people living in two villages in a mining district in Sardinia (Italy), were studied. Of these, 57 subjects (15·2%) were identified as ‘cases’. Ten per cent of the sample was affected by a depressive syndrome and 4% by an anxiety disorder. Females were significantly more at risk for anxiety disorders, while a trend towards a major risk for depression emerged among middle-aged and elderly people. Of the sample 9·8% were taking benzodiazepines, with a significant over representation of females. Depressed subjects took benzodiazepines more frequently than anxious subjects, while the use of antidepressants was negligible. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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