How common are common mental disorders? Evidence that lifetime prevalence rates are doubled by prosp...
How common are common mental disorders? Evidence that lifetime prevalence rates are doubled by prospective versus retrospective ascertainment
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Moffitt, T. E. , Caspi, A. , Taylor, A. , Kokaua, J. , Milne, B. J. , Polanczyk, G. and Poulton, R.
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Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
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English
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Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
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Most information about the lifetime prevalence of mental disorders comes from retrospective surveys, but how much these surveys have undercounted due to recall failure is unknown. We compared results from a prospective study with those from retrospective studies.
The representative 1972-1973 Dunedin New Zealand birth cohort (n=1037) was followed...
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How common are common mental disorders? Evidence that lifetime prevalence rates are doubled by prospective versus retrospective ascertainment
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3572710
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3572710
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0033-2917
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1469-8978
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10.1017/S0033291709991036
