National Comorbidity Survey Replication

Kessler RC, Berglund P, Dernier O, et al. Lifetime prevalence and age-of-onset distributions of the DSM-IV disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2005 62 593-602. 

Kessler, R. C., P. Berglund, O. Dernier, R. Jin, D. Koretz, K. R. Merikangas, A. J. Rush, E. E. Walters, and P. S. Wang. The Epidemiology of Major Depressive Disorder Results From the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R) Journal of the American Medical Association 289(23) (2003) 3095-3105. 

A picture of the nature and extent of mental illness in the United States was provided in the recent National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R) (Kessler, Bcrglund, Dernier, Jin, Walters, 2005 Kessler, Chiu, Dernier, Walters, 2005 Wang, Bcrglund, ct al., 2005 Wang, Lane, et al., 2005), a national household survey of over 9,000 adults (age 18 and older). The survey focused on four major categories... 

Kessler, R. C., Chiu, W. T., Dernier, O., Walters, E. E. (2005). Prevalence, severity, and comorbidity of 12-month DSM-IV disorders in the national comorbidity survey replication. Archives of General Psychiatry, 62, 617-627. 

Kessler RC, Adler L, Barkley R, et al. The prevalence and correlates of adult ADHD in the United States Results from the national comorbidity survey replication. Am J Psychiatry 2006 163(4) 716 23. 

The true prevalence of depressive disorders in the United States is unknown. The National Comorbidity Survey Replication recently found that 16.2% of the population studied had a history of major depressive disorder in their lifetime, and more than 6.6% had an episode within the past 12 months. Women are at increased risk of depression from early adolescence until their mid-50s, with a lifetime rate of depres-... 

Kessler RC, Berglund R Dernier O. The epidemiology of major depressive disorders Results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R). JAMA 2003 289 3095-3105. 

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