Aims: To examine the consistency and/or variability of gender differences in drinking
behavior crossculturally. Design, setting, participants: Women's and men's responses in 16 …

Objective: To comprehensively and critically review the literature on gender differences in
schizophrenia. Method: An initial search of MEDLINE abstracts (1966–1999) was conducted …

Background Little is known about the general population prevalence or severity ofDSM-
IVmental disorders. Objective To estimate 12-month prevalence, severity, and comorbidity …

ContextUncertainties exist about prevalence and correlates of major depressive disorder
(MDD). ObjectiveTo present nationally representative data on prevalence and correlates of …

Objective.—To estimate the rates and patterns of major depression and bipolar disorder
based on cross-national epidemiologic surveys. Design and Setting.—Population-based …

Absence of a common diagnostic interview has hampered cross‐national syntheses of
epidemiological evidence on major depressive episodes (MDE). Community …

The aim of this article is to report basic descriptive findings from new research on the
epidemiology of drug dependence syndromes, conducted as part of the National …

Objective: To present nationally representative data on lifetime prevalence and comorbidity
of pathological gambling with other psychiatric disorders and to evaluate sex differences in …

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic validity of the Korean
version of the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-K) and its short form among elderly …

Rates of depression are compared by sex in epideniologic surveys conducted in the United
States, Canada, Germany and New Zealand. These surveys used similar sampling and …