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Wijnen BFM, Ten Have M, de Graaf R, van der Hoek HJ, Lokkerbol J, Smit F. The economic burden of mental disorders: results from the Netherlands mental health survey and incidence study-2. Eur J Health Econ 2023:10.1007/s10198-023-01634-2. [PMID: 37872458 DOI: 10.1007/s10198-023-01634-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Currently, there is a paucity of up-to-date estimates of the economic burden caused by mental disorders. Such information could provide vital insight into one of the most serious and costly-yet to some extent preventable-health challenges facing the world today. METHOD Data from a national psychiatric-epidemiological cohort study (NEMESIS-2, N = 6506) were used to provide reliable, relevant, and up-to-date cost estimates (in 2019 Euro) regarding healthcare costs, productivity losses, and patient and family costs associated with DSM-IV mental disorders both at individual level, but also in the general population and in the workforce of the Netherlands (per 1 million population). RESULTS In the general population, the costs of mood disorders, specifically depression, are substantial and rank above those from the anxiety disorders, whilst costs of anxiety disorders are more substantial than those stemming from substance use disorders, even when the per-person costs of drug abuse appear highest of all. In the workforce, specific and social phobias are leading causes of excess costs. The workforce has lower healthcare costs but higher productivity costs than general population. DISCUSSION The findings suggest that (preventive) healthcare interventions targeting the workforce are likely to become cost-effective and underscore the importance for employers to create healthy work environments. Overall, the results highlight the need to strengthen the role of mental health promotion and prevention of mental disorders in the social domain before people require treatment to reduce the staggering and costly burden caused by mental disorders to individuals and society.
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- B F M Wijnen
- Department of Epidemiology, Centre for Economic Evaluations, Trimbos-Instituut (Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction), Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Epidemiology, Trimbos-Instituut (Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction), Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Trimbos-Instituut (Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction), Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Centre for Economic Evaluations, Trimbos-Instituut (Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction), Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Centre for Economic Evaluations, Trimbos-Instituut (Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction), Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Centre for Economic Evaluations, Trimbos-Instituut (Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction), Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, Location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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van der Riet J, Ten Have M, de Graaf R, Batelaan NM. [The relation between sleep problems and the onset and course of anxiety and mood disorders]. Tijdschr Psychiatr 2023; 65:411-417. [PMID: 37756025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND Sleep gets little attention in mental health care treatments. Epidemiological research with regards to the association between sleep problems and anxiety and mood disorders can contribute to good clinical decision making. AIM Based on data from the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study-2 (NEMESIS-2), we examined the relation between sleep problems and first onset, recurrence and persistence of anxiety and mood disorders within a 3 year period. METHOD Different groups of respondents were selected to examine the relation between sleep problems and different stages of anxiety and mood disorders within three years. DSM-IV diagnoses were determined using the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI 3.0) and sleep problems with the Women’s Health Initiative Insomnia Rating Scale (IRS; ≥ 9). Logistic regression was performed. Multivariable analysis took into account a large number of potentially confounding variables. RESULTS Almost a quarter of the respondents without an anxiety or mood disorder and almost half of the respondents with an anxiety or mood disorder experience sleep problems. In the multivariable analysis, sleep problems were associated with recurrence of an anxiety disorder (OR 2.10; 95% CI 1.31-3.38), but not with the first onset and persistence of an anxiety disorder. Furthermore, sleep problems appear to be associated with the first onset of a mood disorder (OR 2.18; 95% CI 1.27-3.74) and with the persistence of a mood disorder (OR 2.51; 95% CI 1.17-5.37), but not with recurrence of this disorder. CONCLUSION The results underline the importance of identifying sleep problems of people with (an increased risk of) anxiety and mood disorders. The treatment of sleep problems may contribute to a reduced incidence of these mental disorders and a better and sustainable recovery.
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Botter L, Ten Have M, Gerritsen D, de Graaf R, van Dijk SDM, van den Brink RHS, Oude Voshaar RC. Impact of borderline personality disorder traits on the association between age and health-related quality of life: A cohort study in the general population. Eur Psychiatry 2021; 64:e33. [PMID: 33896434 PMCID: PMC8135108 DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Background Increasing age as well as borderline personality pathology are associated with a lower level of health-related quality of life (HR-QoL). Our objective was to investigate whether the presence of borderline personality traits modifies the association between age and HR-QoL in the general population. Methods Cross-sectional data from 5,303 respondents (aged 21–72 years) of the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study-2 were analyzed. Borderline personality traits were assessed with the International Personality Disorder Examination questionnaire. Mental and physical HR-QoL were measured with the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form Health Survey. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to examine the association of borderline personality traits, age and their interaction on mental as well as physical HR-QoL, adjusted for demographic variables as well as somatic and mental disorders. Results A total of 1,520 (28.7%) respondents reported one or more borderline personality traits of which 58 (1.1%) reported five or more indicative of a borderline personality disorder. A higher age was associated with lower physical HR-QoL. This negative association became significantly stronger in the presence of borderline personality traits. The association between increasing age and mental HR-QoL was positive in the absence of borderline personality traits and negative in the presence of borderline personality traits. Conclusion Borderline personality traits negatively interfere with the association between age and HR-QoL irrespective of somatic and mental disorders. Attention of clinicians and researchers for subthreshold borderline personality pathology is needed in middle-aged and older persons.
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- L Botter
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.,Atlant, Markenhaven, Center for Specialized Chronic Psychiatric Nursing Home Care, Beekbergen, The Netherlands
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- Trimbos Institute, Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Trimbos Institute, Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Ten Have M, de Graaf R, van Dorsselaer S, Tuithof M, Kleinjan M, Penninx BWJH. [Recurrence and chronicity of major depressive disorder in the general population: results from the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study-2]. Tijdschr Psychiatr 2019; 61:22-31. [PMID: 30640403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The naturalistic course of major depressive disorder (mdd) and risk indicators for recurrence and chronicity of mdd are best investigated using a psychiatric epidemiological population study without clear selection bias. However, such studies are scarce, thereby limiting clinical decision-making concerning the monitoring and maintenance of treatment.<br/> AIM: To present findings from the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study-2 (nemesis-2) regarding the recurrence and chronicity of mdd and associated risk indicators in the general population.<br/> METHOD: At baseline, two groups were selected to examine the recurrence and chronicity of mdd at follow-up. Diagnoses were assessed with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (cidi) 3.0.<br/> RESULTS: Among respondents with remitted mdd (n = 746), the cumulative recurrence rate was 4.3% at 5 years, 13.4% at 10 years, and 27.1% at 20 years. Time to recurrence was predicted by vulnerability characteristics (childhood abuse, negative life events, parental psychopathology), physical health, functioning, clinical characteristics of depression (previous episodes, severity, medication use), psychiatric comorbidity and mental health use. Among respondents with current mdd (n = 242), 12% developed a chronic depressive episode over 6 years. The chronic course was predicted by risk indicators similar to those for recurrence, except for vulnerability characteristics and physical health.<br/> CONCLUSION: These risk indicators may help identify depressive patients requiring monitoring and who might benefit from preventive interventions or maintenance treatment.
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Bos EH, Ten Have M, van Dorsselaer S, Jeronimus BF, de Graaf R, de Jonge P. Functioning before and after a major depressive episode: pre-existing vulnerability or scar? A prospective three-wave population-based study. Psychol Med 2018; 48:2264-2272. [PMID: 29331152 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291717003798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND The vulnerability hypothesis suggests that impairments after remission of depressive episodes reflect a pre-existing vulnerability, while the scar hypothesis proposes that depression leaves residual impairments that confer risk of subsequent episodes. We prospectively examined vulnerability and scar effects in mental and physical functioning in a representative Dutch population sample. METHODS Three waves were used from the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study-2, a population-based study with a 6-years follow-up. Mental and physical functioning were assessed with the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form (SF-36). Major depressive disorder (MDD) was assessed with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview 3.0. Vulnerability effects were examined by comparing healthy controls (n = 2826) with individuals who developed a first-onset depressive episode during first follow-up but did not have a lifetime diagnosis of MDD at baseline (n = 181). Scarring effects were examined by comparing pre- and post-morbid functioning in individuals who developed a depressive episode after baseline that was remitted at the third wave (n = 108). RESULTS Both mental (B = -5.4, s.e. = 0.9, p < 0.001) and physical functioning (B = -8.2, s.e. = 1.1, p < 0.001) at baseline were lower in individuals who developed a first depressive episode after baseline compared with healthy controls. This effect was most pronounced in people who developed a severe episode. No firm evidence of scarring in mental or physical functioning was found. In unadjusted analyses, physical functioning was still lowered post-morbidly (B = -5.1, s.e. = 2.1, p = 0.014), but this effect disappeared in adjusted analyses. CONCLUSIONS Functional impairments after remission of depression seem to reflect a pre-existing vulnerability rather than a scar.
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- E H Bos
- Department of Developmental Psychology,Behavioural and Social Sciences,University of Groningen,Groningen,The Netherlands
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- Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction,Utrecht,The Netherlands
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- Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction,Utrecht,The Netherlands
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- Department of Developmental Psychology,Behavioural and Social Sciences,University of Groningen,Groningen,The Netherlands
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- Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction,Utrecht,The Netherlands
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- Department of Developmental Psychology,Behavioural and Social Sciences,University of Groningen,Groningen,The Netherlands
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Ten Have M, de Graaf R, van Dorsselaer S, Tuithof M, Kleinjan M, Penninx BWJH. Recurrence and chronicity of major depressive disorder and their risk indicators in a population cohort. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2018; 137:503-515. [PMID: 29577236 DOI: 10.1111/acps.12874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The naturalistic course of major depressive disorder (MDD) and risk indicators for recurrence and chronicity are best studied using a population sample without clear selection bias. However, such studies are scarce. This limits clinical decision-making concerning monitoring and maintenance treatment. METHOD Data were used from the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study-2, a psychiatric epidemiological cohort study among a representative adult population. Two groups at baseline were selected to study recurrence and chronicity of MDD at follow-up. Diagnoses were assessed with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview 3.0. RESULTS Among remitted MDD cases (n = 746), the cumulative recurrence rate was 4.3% at 5 years, 13.4% at 10 years and 27.1% at 20 years. Time to recurrence was predicted by vulnerability characteristics (childhood abuse, negative life events, parental psychopathology), physical health, functioning, clinical characteristics of depression (previous episodes, severity, medication use), psychiatric comorbidity and mental health use. Among current MDD cases (n = 242), 12% developed a chronic depressive episode over 6 years. Chronic course was predicted by similar risk indicators as recurrence, except for vulnerability characteristics and physical health. CONCLUSION These risk indicators may help to identify patients requiring monitoring and who could benefit from preventive interventions or maintenance treatment.
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- M Ten Have
- Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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van Ditzhuijzen J, Ten Have M, de Graaf R, van Nijnatten CHCJ, Vollebergh WAM. [Abortion and the risk of mental disorders]. Tijdschr Psychiatr 2018; 60:527-535. [PMID: 30132581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Research into the potential mental health consequences of abortion yields inconsistent results and is characterized by methodological limitations.<br /> AIM: To offer a more conclusive insight into women's mental health after an abortion by stringently taking both pre-abortion mental health and confounding covariates into account.<br /> METHOD: A prospective longitudinal cohort study, the Dutch Abortion and Mental Health Study (DAMHS), through which women with and without abortion experiences could be compared. The study was designed in a similar way to the large scale Dutch population study into mental health of the Trimbos Institute, the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study-2 (NEMESIS-2).<br /> RESULTS: Women who had an abortion were significantly more likely to have had previous DSM-IV mental disorders. Psychiatric history appeared to be associated with how women experienced and handled the unwanted pregnancy and abortion. A prior history of mental disorders, averse recent life events or an unstable partner relationship increased the risk of developing post abortion mental disorders, while experiencing an abortion did not.<br /> CONCLUSION: Women who have had an abortion more often have a history of mental disorders, yet there is no evidence that an abortion in itself would increase the risk of developing a mental disorder.
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Ten Have M, Penninx BWJH, Tuithof M, van Dorsselaer S, Kleinjan M, Spijker J, de Graaf R. [New numbers on the duration of major and minor depressive episodes in the general population; results from NEMESIS-2]. Tijdschr Psychiatr 2018; 60:364-373. [PMID: 29943793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Relatively little research has been conducted that can reliably be used by psychiatrists, psychologists and general practitioners to estimate the recovery time of their patients suffering from depression. The treatment guideline for depression submits that half of those with mdd will recover within three months.<br /> AIM: To present the findings from nemesis-2 (the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study-2) on both the duration of depressive episodes in the general population and associated risk indicators.<br /> METHOD: The respondents that had developed a depressive episode between the first two follow-up assessments were selected; 286 with a clinical depression according to dsm-iv criteria (mdd) and 107 with a subclinical depression (MinDD). The episode duration was assessed with the Life Chart Interview.<br /> RESULTS: Half of the patients with mdd recovered within 6 months and 12% had not recovered after 3 years. The mean duration for mdd was 10.7 months. Better physical and mental health before depression onset predicted shorter duration. Longer duration was associated with comorbid dysthymia or anxiety disorder. In comparison, the median duration of MinDD was half the length of mdd (3 months), whereas the mean duration (8.7 months), the percentage that had not recovered after 3 years (10%) and risk indicators for episode duration hardly differed.<br /> CONCLUSION: In the guideline for depression it is assumed that half of those with mdd will recover within three months. Our study, however, found the median duration of mdd to be twice as long. Consequently, only a short period without active treatment can be justified. This paper also concludes that MinDD cannot be regarded as a transient, self-limiting mood state.
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Auerbach RP, Alonso J, Axinn WG, Cuijpers P, Ebert DD, Green JG, Hwang I, Kessler RC, Liu H, Mortier P, Nock MK, Pinder-Amaker S, Sampson NA, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Al-Hamzawi A, Andrade LH, Benjet C, Caldas-de-Almeida JM, Demyttenaere K, Florescu S, de Girolamo G, Gureje O, Haro JM, Karam EG, Kiejna A, Kovess-Masfety V, Lee S, McGrath JJ, O'Neill S, Pennell BE, Scott K, Ten Have M, Torres Y, Zaslavsky AM, Zarkov Z, Bruffaerts R. Mental disorders among college students in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys - CORRIGENDUM. Psychol Med 2017; 47:2737. [PMID: 28462760 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291717001039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Ten Have M, Penninx BWJH, Tuithof M, van Dorsselaer S, Kleinjan M, Spijker J, de Graaf R. Duration of major and minor depressive episodes and associated risk indicators in a psychiatric epidemiological cohort study of the general population. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2017; 136:300-312. [PMID: 28512767 DOI: 10.1111/acps.12753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Hardly any studies exist on the duration of major depressive disorder (MDD) and factors that explain variations in episode duration that lack biases. This limits clinical decision-making and leaves patients wondering when they will recover. METHOD Data were used from the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study-2, a psychiatric epidemiological cohort study among a nationally representative adult population. Respondents with a newly originated depressive episode were selected: 286 MDD and 107 minor depressive disorder (MinDD) cases. DSM-IV diagnoses were assessed with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview 3.0 and episode duration with the Life Chart Interview. RESULTS Among MDD cases, median episode duration was 6 months, mean duration was 10.7 months, and 12% had not recovered at 36 months. Longer duration was associated with comorbid dysthymia, anxiety disorder, psychotropic medication use (i.e. antidepressants or benzodiazepines prescribed by a mental health professional), mental health care use and suicidal behaviour. Better physical and mental functioning before depression onset predicted shorter duration. Among MinDD cases, shorter median duration (3 months) but similar mean duration (8.7 months), risk of chronicity (10% not recovered at 36 months) and risk indicators for episode duration were found. CONCLUSION As the risk of chronicity was similar for MDD and MinDD, MinDD cannot be dismissed as a merely brief mood state.
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- M Ten Have
- Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Schat A, van Noorden MS, Noom MJ, Giltay EJ, van der Wee NJA, de Graaf R, Ten Have M, Vermeiren RRJMM, Zitman FG. A cluster analysis of early onset in common anxiety disorders. J Anxiety Disord 2016; 44:1-8. [PMID: 27665086 DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2016.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2015] [Revised: 08/03/2016] [Accepted: 09/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Early onset is regarded as an important characteristic of anxiety disorders, associated with higher severity. However, previous findings diverge, as definitions of early onset vary and are often unsubstantiated. We objectively defined early onset in social phobia, panic disorder, agoraphobia, and generalised anxiety disorder, using cluster analysis with data gathered in the general population. Resulting cut-off ages for early onset were ≤22 (social phobia), ≤31 (panic disorder), ≤21 (agoraphobia), and ≤27 (generalised anxiety disorder). Comparison of psychiatric comorbidity and general wellbeing between subjects with early and late onset in the general population and an outpatient cohort, demonstrated that among outpatients anxiety comorbidity was more common in early onset agoraphobia, but also that anxiety- as well as mood comorbidity were more common in late onset social phobia. A major limitation was the retrospective assessment of onset. Our results encourage future studies into correlates of early onset of psychiatric disorders.
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- A Schat
- Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, P.O. Box 7500, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.
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- Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, P.O. Box 7500, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Zaans Medisch Centrum, Department of Psychiatry, Kon. Julianaplein 58, 1502 DV Zaandam, The Netherlands; Mental Health Center GGZ Eindhoven, dept. of child and adolescent psychiatry, Doctor Poletlaan 40, 5626 ND Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, P.O. Box 7500, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, P.O. Box 7500, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, P.O. Box 725, 3500 AS, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, P.O. Box 725, 3500 AS, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Curium-Leiden University Medical Center, Endegeesterstraatweg 27, 2342 AK Oegstgeest, The Netherlands
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- Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, P.O. Box 7500, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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Auerbach RP, Alonso J, Axinn WG, Cuijpers P, Ebert DD, Green JG, Hwang I, Kessler RC, Liu H, Mortier P, Nock MK, Pinder-Amaker S, Sampson NA, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Al-Hamzawi A, Andrade LH, Benjet C, Caldas-de-Almeida JM, Demyttenaere K, Florescu S, de Girolamo G, Gureje O, Haro JM, Karam EG, Kiejna A, Kovess-Masfety V, Lee S, McGrath JJ, O'Neill S, Pennell BE, Scott K, Ten Have M, Torres Y, Zaslavsky AM, Zarkov Z, Bruffaerts R. Mental disorders among college students in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys. Psychol Med 2016; 46:2955-2970. [PMID: 27484622 DOI: 10.1017/s003329176001665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND Although mental disorders are significant predictors of educational attainment throughout the entire educational career, most research on mental disorders among students has focused on the primary and secondary school years. METHOD The World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys were used to examine the associations of mental disorders with college entry and attrition by comparing college students (n = 1572) and non-students in the same age range (18-22 years; n = 4178), including non-students who recently left college without graduating (n = 702) based on surveys in 21 countries (four low/lower-middle income, five upper-middle-income, one lower-middle or upper-middle at the times of two different surveys, and 11 high income). Lifetime and 12-month prevalence and age-of-onset of DSM-IV anxiety, mood, behavioral and substance disorders were assessed with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI). RESULTS One-fifth (20.3%) of college students had 12-month DSM-IV/CIDI disorders; 83.1% of these cases had pre-matriculation onsets. Disorders with pre-matriculation onsets were more important than those with post-matriculation onsets in predicting subsequent college attrition, with substance disorders and, among women, major depression the most important such disorders. Only 16.4% of students with 12-month disorders received any 12-month healthcare treatment for their mental disorders. CONCLUSIONS Mental disorders are common among college students, have onsets that mostly occur prior to college entry, in the case of pre-matriculation disorders are associated with college attrition, and are typically untreated. Detection and effective treatment of these disorders early in the college career might reduce attrition and improve educational and psychosocial functioning.
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- R P Auerbach
- Department of Psychiatry,Harvard Medical School,Boston, MA,USA
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- Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques (IMIM),Barcelona,Spain
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- Department of Sociology,Population Studies Center, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan,Ann Arbor, MI,USA
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- Department of Clinical, Neuro, and Developmental Psychology,Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam,Amsterdam,The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy,Friedrich-Alexander University Nuremberg-Erlangen,Erlangen,Germany
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- School of Education, Boston University,Boston, MA,USA
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- Department of Health Care Policy,Harvard Medical School,Boston, MA,USA
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- Department of Health Care Policy,Harvard Medical School,Boston, MA,USA
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- Department of Epidemiology,Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health,Boston, MA,USA
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- Research Group Psychiatry,Department of Neurosciences,KU Leuven University,Leuven,Belgium
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- Department of Psychology,Harvard University,Cambridge, MA,USA
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- Department of Psychiatry,Harvard Medical School,Boston, MA,USA
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- Department of Health Care Policy,Harvard Medical School,Boston, MA,USA
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- University of California Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities,School of Medicine,Sacramento, CA,USA
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- College of Medicine, Al-Qadisiya University,Diwania Governorate,Iraq
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- Section of Psychiatric Epidemiology - LIM 23,Institute of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo Medical School,São Paulo,Brazil
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- Department of Epidemiologic and Psychosocial Research,National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz,Mexico City,Mexico
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- Chronic Diseases Research Center (CEDOC) and Department of Mental Health,Faculdade de Ciências Médicas,Universidade Nova de Lisboa,Lisbon,Portugal
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- Department of Psychiatry,University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven,Leuven,Belgium
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- National School of Public Health, Management and Professional Development,Bucharest,Romania
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- IRCCS St John of God Clinical Research Centre,Brescia,Italy
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- Department of Psychiatry,University College Hospital,Ibadan,Nigeria
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- Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, CIBERSAM, Universitat de Barcelona,Barcelona,Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology,Faculty of Medicine,Balamand University,Beirut,Lebanon
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- Department of Psychiatry,Wroclaw Medical University,Wroclaw,Poland
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- Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Santé Publique (EHESP), EA 4057 Paris Descartes University,Paris,France
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- Department of Psychiatry,Chinese University of Hong Kong,Tai Po,Hong Kong
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- Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, The Park Centre for Mental Health,Wacol,Queensland,Australia
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- School of Psychology, University of Ulster,Londonderry,UK
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- Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan,Ann Arbor, MI,USA
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- Department of Psychological Medicine,University of Otago,Dunedin,Otago,New Zealand
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- Trimbos-Instituut, Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction,Utrecht,the Netherlands
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- Center for Excellence on Research in Mental Health, CES University,Medellín,Colombia
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- Department of Health Care Policy,Harvard Medical School,Boston, MA,USA
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- Department Mental Health,National Center of Public Health and Analyses,Sofia,Bulgaria
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- Universitair Psychiatrisch Centrum - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (UPC-KUL),Campus Gasthuisberg,Leuven,Belgium
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van Nierop M, Bak M, de Graaf R, Ten Have M, van Dorsselaer S, van Winkel R. The functional and clinical relevance of childhood trauma-related admixture of affective, anxious and psychosis symptoms. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2016; 133:91-101. [PMID: 25961128 DOI: 10.1111/acps.12437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Previous work has shown that across different patient samples, patients with childhood trauma are more likely to have co-occurrence of affective, anxious and psychosis symptoms than non-traumatized patients. However, the clinical relevance of trauma-related admixture remains to be established. METHOD We examined patients with mood disorder (NEMESIS-2; n = 1260), anxiety disorder (NEMESIS-2; n = 896) or psychotic disorder (GROUP; n = 532) in terms of symptom profiles, quality of life (QOL) and social functioning. RESULTS Results showed that mood disorder patients with both trauma and co-occurrence of affective, anxious and psychosis symptoms had a lower QOL (B-12.6, 95% CI -17.7 to -7.5, P < 0.001), more help-seeking behaviour [odds ratio (OR) 2.5, 95% CI 1.1-5.7, P = 0.031] and higher prevalence of substance use disorders (OR 7.8, 95% CI 1.1-58.0, P = 0.044), compared with patients without trauma history and symptom admixture (Trauma-/CL-). Similar results were found in patients with an anxiety disorder. Traumatized patients with a psychotic disorder and admixture showed lower QOL (B-0.6, 95% CI -0.9 to -0.4, P < 0.001), higher prevalence of drug disorders (OR 2.2, 95% CI 1.2-3.9, P = 0.008) and lower global assessment of functioning (B-12.8, 95% CI -17.1 to -8.5, P < 0.001) than Trauma-/CL- patients. CONCLUSION Stratification according to childhood trauma exposure thus identifies a phenotype characterized by admixture of affective, anxiety and psychotic symptoms that, when combined, has clinical relevance. Identification of functionally meaningful aetiological subgroups may aid clinical practice.
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- M van Nierop
- Department of Psychiatry & Psychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry & Psychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry & Psychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands.,University Psychiatric Center KU Leuven, Department of Psychiatry, Leuven, Belgium
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Speetjens P, Thielen F, Ten Have M, de Graaf R, Smit F. [Child maltreatment: long-term economic consequences and implications]. Tijdschr Psychiatr 2016; 58:706-711. [PMID: 27779287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Child maltreatment occurs frequently. This has detrimental effects later in life on mental health and is linked to considerable costs due to health care use and sick leave. Self-mastery, however, is a factor that may well mitigated the effects of child maltreatment . <br/> AIM: To quantify the long-term costs of child abuse and to test the hypothesis that self-mastery can modify the after-effects of maltreatment .<br/> METHOD: Data were obtained from a psychiatric cohort study (n=5618). The risk factors were emotional neglect and mental, physical and sexual abuse before the age of 16.<br/> RESULTS: When individuals are about 39 years old, the various forms of maltreatment to which they were subjected as children are associated with substantially higher health care costs and frequent absenteeism. Higher levels of self-mastery achieved in childhood were indeed associated with lower costs in adulthood. <br/> CONCLUSION: Child maltreatment costs the Netherlands millions of euros annually because it leads to higher health care costs and more frequent sick leave. Active steps to curb child abuse are of both financial and economic significance. More training in self-mastery could perhaps be helpful, but further research is needed in this area.
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Boyd A, Van de Velde S, Pivette M, Ten Have M, Florescu S, O'Neill S, Caldas-de-Almeida JM, Vilagut G, Haro JM, Alonso J, Kovess-Masféty V. Gender differences in psychotropic use across Europe: Results from a large cross-sectional, population-based study. Eur Psychiatry 2015; 30:778-88. [PMID: 26052073 DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2015.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2014] [Revised: 03/11/2015] [Accepted: 05/02/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In many epidemiological studies, women have been observed to consume psychotropic medication more often than men. However, the consistency of this relationship across Europe, with differences in mental health care (MHC) resources and reimbursement policies, is unknown. METHODS Questions on 12-month psychotropic use (antidepressants, benzodiazepines, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers) were asked to 34,204 respondents from 10 European countries of the EU-World Mental Health surveys. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fourth Edition) criteria were used to determine 12-month prevalence of mood/anxiety disorders using the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (v3.0). RESULTS For all participating countries, women were significantly more likely than men to use psychotropic medication within the previous 12 months (overall-OR=2.04, 95% CI: 1.81-2.31). This relationship remained significant after adjusting for common sociodemographic factors (age, income level, employment status, education, marital status) and country-level indicators (MHC provision, private household out-of-pocket expenditure, and Gender Gap Index). In multivariable gender-stratified risk-factor analysis, both women and men were more likely to have taken psychotropic medication with increasing age, decreasing income level, and mental health care use within the past 12 months, with no significant differences between genders. When only including participants with a mental disorder, gender differences overall were still significant with any 12-month mood disorder but not with any 12-month anxiety disorder, remaining so after adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics and country-level indicators. CONCLUSIONS Women use psychotropic medication consistently more often than men, yet reasons for their use are similar between genders. These differences also appear to be contingent on the specific mental disorder.
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- A Boyd
- École des hautes études en santé publique (EHESP), EA 4057, Paris Descartes University, 75014 Paris, France; Inserm UMR_S1136, Institut Pierre-Louis d'Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique, 75013 Paris, France
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- École des hautes études en santé publique (EHESP), EA 4057, Paris Descartes University, 75014 Paris, France; Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- École des hautes études en santé publique (EHESP), EA 4057, Paris Descartes University, 75014 Paris, France
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- Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- National School of Public Health, Management and Professional Development, Bucharest, Romania
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- Bamford Centre for Mental Health and Well-Being, University of Ulster, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
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- Chronic Diseases Research Center (CEDOC) and Department of Mental Health, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Health Services Research Unit, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
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- Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, CIBERSAM, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Health Services Research Unit, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain; Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
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- École des hautes études en santé publique (EHESP), EA 4057, Paris Descartes University, 75014 Paris, France.
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van Nierop M, Viechtbauer W, Gunther N, van Zelst C, de Graaf R, Ten Have M, van Dorsselaer S, Bak M, van Winkel R. Childhood trauma is associated with a specific admixture of affective, anxiety, and psychosis symptoms cutting across traditional diagnostic boundaries. Psychol Med 2015; 45:1277-1288. [PMID: 25273550 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291714002372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND Meta-analyses link childhood trauma to depression, mania, anxiety disorders, and psychosis. It is unclear, however, whether these outcomes truly represent distinct disorders following childhood trauma, or that childhood trauma is associated with admixtures of affective, psychotic, anxiety and manic psychopathology throughout life. METHOD We used data from a representative general population sample (NEMESIS-2, n = 6646), of whom respectively 1577 and 1120 had a lifetime diagnosis of mood or anxiety disorder, as well as from a sample of patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia (GROUP, n = 825). Multinomial logistic regression was used to assess whether childhood trauma was more strongly associated with isolated affective/psychotic/anxiety/manic symptoms than with their admixture. RESULTS In NEMESIS-2, largely comparable associations were found between childhood trauma and depression, mania, anxiety and psychosis. However, childhood trauma was considerably more strongly associated with their lifetime admixture. These results were confirmed in the patient samples, in which it was consistently found that patients with a history of childhood trauma were more likely to have a combination of multiple symptom domains compared to their non-traumatized counterparts. This pattern was also found in exposed individuals who did not meet criteria for a psychotic, affective or anxiety disorder and who did not seek help for subclinical psychopathology. CONCLUSIONS Childhood trauma increases the likelihood of a specific admixture of affective, anxiety and psychotic symptoms cutting across traditional diagnostic boundaries, and this admixture may already be present in the earliest stages of psychopathology. These findings may have significant aetiological, pathophysiological, diagnostic and clinical repercussions.
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- M van Nierop
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology,School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, EURON, Maastricht University Medical Centre,Maastricht,The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology,School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, EURON, Maastricht University Medical Centre,Maastricht,The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences,Open University,The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology,School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, EURON, Maastricht University Medical Centre,Maastricht,The Netherlands
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- Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction,Da Costakade,Utrecht,The Netherlands
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- Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction,Da Costakade,Utrecht,The Netherlands
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- Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction,Da Costakade,Utrecht,The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology,School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, EURON, Maastricht University Medical Centre,Maastricht,The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology,School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, EURON, Maastricht University Medical Centre,Maastricht,The Netherlands
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Vermeulen-Smit E, Ten Have M, Van Laar M, De Graaf R. Clustering of health risk behaviours and the relationship with mental disorders. J Affect Disord 2015; 171:111-9. [PMID: 25303027 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2014.09.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2014] [Revised: 09/04/2014] [Accepted: 09/05/2014] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Health risk behaviours tend to co-occur and are found to be related to mental health symptoms. This is the first study to identify health behaviour clusters in relation to mental disorders. METHODS Data were used from the second wave of the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study (NEMESIS-2), a nationally representative sample of adults (n=5303). Latent class analysis was performed to identify clusters based on four health risk behaviours (smoking, heavy drinking, physical inactivity, and unhealthy diet). Concurrently, we examined the relationship between the identified clusters and a range of DSM-IV diagnoses, assessed with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview 3.0. RESULTS Four distinct health behaviour clusters were identified: most healthy (mainly non-smokers, moderate drinkers, active, healthy diet; class 1: 79.3%); smokers, moderate drinkers, inactive, unhealthy diet (class 2: 13.2%); smokers, heavy episodic drinkers, active, unhealthy diet (class 3: 3.8%); Smokers, frequent heavy drinkers, active, low fruit (class 4: 3.6%). Despite their different lifestyles, individuals in all three unhealthy clusters had double the risk of depression. Unhealthy behaviour clusters were strongly associated with drug dependence (classes 2 and 3), alcohol abuse and dependence (classes 3 and 4), and social phobia (class 4). LIMITATIONS Due to the cross-sectional design, no conclusions about the causality of the relationship between HRB clusters and mental disorders can be drawn from the current study. CONCLUSIONS Health behaviour clusters are strongly associated with mental disorders. This co-existence of behaviours and disorders emphasises the importance of an integrative approach in the prevention of mental illnesses.
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- E Vermeulen-Smit
- Trimbos Institute (Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction), Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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- Trimbos Institute (Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction), Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Trimbos Institute (Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction), Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Trimbos Institute (Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction), Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Ten Have M, van Weeghel J, van Dorsselaer S, Tuithof M, de Graaf R. [The attitude of the general public towards (discharged) psychiatric patients: results from NEMESIS-2]. Tijdschr Psychiatr 2015; 57:785-794. [PMID: 26552925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND In the Netherlands there is no up-to-date information about the attitude of the public to (discharged) psychiatric patients. Also, very little is known about which population groups hold stigmatising views. AIM To measure the public's attitudes to (discharged) psychiatric patients and to find out whether these attitudes differ according to the background characteristics (e.g. demographics, respondent's psychiatric history). METHOD In our study we used attitudes collected via the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study-2, a psychiatric epidemiological study of the adult general population (n = 6646; aged 18-64 years). The psychiatric history of the respondents was assessed by means of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview 3.0. RESULTS More than 70% of the respondents stated that they had no objection to having a (discharged) psychiatric patient as a neighbour, friend or colleague. However, their ´willingness´ declined markedly, namely to less than 30%, when they were asked if they would be willing to have a (discharged) psychiatric patient as their son-in-law or baby-sitter. A comparison with other earlier Dutch studies indicates that since 1987 the willingness of members of the public to let (ex-)psychiatric patients participate in their private and/or family life has increased only very slightly. CONCLUSION Nowadays, just as in past decades, most Dutch citizens are not opposed to living alongside (discharged) psychiatric patients, but they have reservations about letting such persons participate in their private and family life.
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Rhebergen D, van der Steenstraten IM, Sunderland M, de Graaf R, Ten Have M, Lamers F, Penninx BWJH, Andrews G. An examination of generalized anxiety disorder and dysthymic disorder by latent class analysis. Psychol Med 2014; 44:1701-1712. [PMID: 24020863 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291713002225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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BACKGROUND The nosological status of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) versus dysthymic disorder (DD) has been questioned. The aim of this study was to examine qualitative differences within (co-morbid) GAD and DD symptomatology. METHOD Latent class analysis was applied to anxious and depressive symptomatology of respondents from three population-based studies (2007 Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing; National Comorbidity Survey Replication; and Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study-2; together known as the Triple study) and respondents from a multi-site naturalistic cohort [Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (NESDA)]. Sociodemographics and clinical characteristics of each class were examined. RESULTS A three-class (Triple study) and two-class (NESDA) model best fitted the data, reflecting mainly different levels of severity of symptoms. In the Triple study, no division into a predominantly GAD or DD co-morbidity subtype emerged. Likewise, in spite of the presence of pure GAD and DD cases in the NESDA sample, latent class analysis did not identify specific anxiety or depressive profiles in the NESDA study. Next, sociodemographics and clinical characteristics of each class were examined. Classes only differed in levels of severity. CONCLUSIONS The absence of qualitative differences in anxious or depressive symptomatology in empirically derived classes questions the differentiation between GAD and DD.
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- D Rhebergen
- Department of Psychiatry and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression (CRUfAD), University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Genetic Epidemiological Research Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression (CRUfAD), University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Ten Have M, de Graaf R, van Weeghel J, van Dorsselaer S. The association between common mental disorders and violence: to what extent is it influenced by prior victimization, negative life events and low levels of social support? Psychol Med 2014; 44:1485-1498. [PMID: 24001369 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291713002262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND Few studies have been published on the association between mental disorders and violence based on general population studies. Here we focus on different types of violence, adjusting for violent victimization and taking account of the limitations of previous population studies. METHOD Data were used from the first two waves of the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study-2 (NEMESIS-2), a nationally representative face-to-face survey of the general population aged 18-64 years (n = 6646). Violence was differentiated into physical and psychological violence against intimate partner(s), children or any person(s) in general. DSM-IV diagnoses were assessed with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview Version 3.0 (CIDI 3.0). RESULTS Psychological violence occurs considerably more frequently than physical violence, but both showed almost identical associations with mental disorders. After adjustment for sociodemographic characteristics, most of the main categories of common mental disorders were associated with violence. The strongest associations were found for externalizing disorders (substance use, impulse-control, antisocial personality disorder). After additional adjustment for violent victimization, negative life events and social support, most diagnostic correlates lost their significance whereas substance use (in particular alcohol) disorders were still associated with most types of violence. CONCLUSIONS The increased risk of violent offending among people with common mental disorders, other than substance use disorders, can be attributed to factors other than their mental illness.
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- M Ten Have
- Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Tuithof M, Ten Have M, van Dorsselaer S, de Graaf R. [Prevalence, persistency and consequences of ADHD in the Dutch adult population]. Tijdschr Psychiatr 2014; 56:10-19. [PMID: 24446222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Little is known about the prevalence and the consequences of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) among adults in the general Dutch population. AIM To ascertain the prevalence of ADHD in childhood and adulthood, to investigate characteristics associated with the prevalence and persistency of ADHD and to draw a number of comparisons: to compare the functioning of adults with ADHD with that of people with a different mental disorder and to compare the extent to which these groups make use of treatment facilities. METHOD Data were derived from the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study-2 (NEMESIS-2), in which the occurrence of ADHD was determined in a representative sample of the Dutch population (n = 3,309; aged 18-44). RESULTS 2.9% of the respondents had had ADHD in childhood, 70.0% of them still had the disorder in adulthood. An anxiety disorder before the age of 16 increased the risk of ADHD persistency, whereas an impulse-control disorder decreased this risk. ADHD in adulthood was associated with lower socio-economic status, mental disorders, poor functioning and increased use of treatment facilities. ADHD adults and adults with an anxiety or substance use disorder showed very similar functional limitations and used treatment facilities to approximately the same extent. CONCLUSION More than two-thirds of the adults who had had childhood ADHD still had the disorder in adulthood. The consequences of this in terms of functioning and use of treatment facilities are substantial.
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Ten Have M, Nuyen J, Beekman A, de Graaf R. Common mental disorder severity and its association with treatment contact and treatment intensity for mental health problems. Psychol Med 2013; 43:2203-2213. [PMID: 23388154 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291713000135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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BACKGROUND Detailed population-based survey information on the relationship between the severity of common mental disorders (CMDs) and treatment for mental health problems is heavily based on North American research. The aim of this study was to replicate and expand existing knowledge by studying CMD severity and its association with treatment contact and treatment intensity in The Netherlands. METHOD Data were obtained from the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study-2 (NEMESIS-2), a nationally representative face-to-face survey of the general population aged 18–64 years (n=6646, response rate=65.1%). DSM-IV diagnoses and disorder severity were assessed with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview Version 3.0 (CIDI 3.0). Treatment contact refers to at least one contact for mental health problems made in the general medical care (GMC) or mental health care (MHC) sector. Four levels of treatment intensity were assessed, based on type and duration of therapy received. RESULTS Although CMD severity was related to treatment contact, only 39.0% of severe cases received MHC. At the same time, 40.3% of MHC users did not have a 12-month disorder. Increasing levels of treatment intensity ranged from 51.6% to 13.0% in GMC and from 81.4% to 51.1% in MHC. CMD severity was related to treatment intensity in MHC but not in GMC. Sociodemographic characteristics were not significantly related to having experienced the highest level of treatment intensity in MHC. CONCLUSIONS. Mental health treatment in the GMC sector should be improved, especially when policy is aimed at increasing the role of primary care in the management of mental health problems.
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- M Ten Have
- Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Smeets F, Lataster T, van Winkel R, de Graaf R, Ten Have M, van Os J. Testing the hypothesis that psychotic illness begins when subthreshold hallucinations combine with delusional ideation. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2013; 127:34-47. [PMID: 22676336 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2012.01888.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE While hallucinations and delusions are often considered as a single class of 'positive symptoms', little is known about their dynamic cooccurrence in relation to clinical outcome in non-help-seeking people. METHOD The Netherlands Mental Health and Incidence Study (NEMESIS-1) is a longitudinal study of mental disorders (n = 7075) with three measurements over a 3-year period. Risk factors, persistence of psychotic experiences, and clinical outcome were analyzed for groups with: i) no psychotic experiences, ii) only delusions, iii) only hallucinations, and iv) both delusions and hallucinations. RESULTS Hallucinations and delusions occurred together more often (T0, 3.5%; T1, 1.0%; T2, 0.9%) than that predicted by chance (T0, 1.0%; T1, 0.1%; T2, 0.04%). The group with both symptoms showed more 'first-rank'-like delusions compared with the group with only delusions. Having both hallucinations and delusions, compared to isolated symptoms, was associated more strongly with risk factors, comorbid affective symptoms, negative symptoms, and persistence of psychotic experiences. This was not an artifact of having more symptoms in general. CONCLUSION Experiencing both delusions and hallucinations is an indicator of greater etiological load resulting in more clinical outcome. A specific 'hallucinatory-delusional state' may represent an early phase of exacerbation of aberrant attribution of salience, increasing risk for clinical outcome.
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- F Smeets
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, South Limburg Mental Health Research and Teaching Network, EURON, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
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Van ‘t Land H, Verdurmen J, Ten Have M, van Dorsselaer S, De Graaf R. P-157 - The association between chronic back pain and psychiatric disorders; results from a longitudinal population-based study. Eur Psychiatry 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(12)74324-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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de Graaf R, Ten Have M, van Gool C, van Dorsselaer S. [Prevalence of mental disorders, and trends from 1996 to 2009. Results from NEMESIS-2]. Tijdschr Psychiatr 2012; 54:27-38. [PMID: 22237608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Little is known about the prevalence and trends of mental disorders in the Dutch population. AIM To present the prevalences of lifetime and 12-month DSM-IV mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and substance use disorders and impulse-control disorders reported in NEMESIS-2 (Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study), and to compare the 12-month prevalence of mood disorders, anxiety disorders and substance use disorders with estimates from the first study (NEMESIS-1). METHOD Between November 2007 and July 2009, face-to-face interviews were conducted among 6646 subjects aged 18-64 by means of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview 3.0. Trends in mental disorders were examined with these data and NEMESIS-1 data from 1996 (n = 7076). RESULTS The lifetime prevalence in NEMESIS-2 was 20.2% for mood disorder, 19.6% for anxiety disorder, 19.1% for substance use disorder and 9.2% for impulse-control or behaviour disorder. For the 12-month disorders, the prevalences were 6.1%, 10.1%, 5.6% and 2.1%, respectively. Between 1996 and 2007-2009, there was no change in the 12-month prevalence of anxiety disorder and substance use disorder. The 12-month prevalence of mood disorder decreased slightly but was no longer significant after differences in the sociodemographic variables between the two studies had been taken into account. CONCLUSION This study shows that in the Netherlands mental disorders occur fairly frequently. Over about a decade, no clear change was found in the mental health status of the population.
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Overbeek G, Vermulst A, de Graaf R, Ten Have M, Engels R, Scholte R. [Positive life events and mood disorders: longitudinal evidence for a chaotic life-course hypothesis]. Tijdschr Psychiatr 2011; 53:321-332. [PMID: 21674445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND In psychiatric research it is often assumed that detrimental effects of negative life events on mental health can be buffered by a number of positive life events. However, there is no convincing empirical evidence that this assumption is correct; it can even be argued that positive life events act as additional stressors rather than as buffers, leading to a continuation of a chaotic life course and an increase in the risk of affective disorders. AIM To find out whether positive life events were associated with a higher risk of the occurrence of mood disorders and whether such an association could be explained by a number of negative life events that individuals had experienced. METHOD We used data from 4,796 adults, aged 18-64, collected at two measurement moments (i.e. 1997 and 1999) of NEMESIS, a Dutch prospective-epidemiological study. As a basis for our measurements we used dsm-iii-r diagnoses of major depressive disorders and dysthymia and the Life Events and Difficulties Schedules LEDS. RESULTS A multivariate (MPlus) path analysis demonstrated that positive life events were not, in themselves, significantly predictive of affective disorders. Positive life events were only related to the risk of mood disorders when they co-occurred with a high number of negative life events. CONCLUSIONS In accordance with a chaotic life-course hypothesis, positive events were not found to buffer the detrimental impact of negative life events, but when they are part of an erratic course of life they can pose an extra threat to an individual’s mental health.
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- G Overbeek
- Universiteit Utrecht, Facultiet Sociale Wetenschappen Ontwikkelingspsychologie te Utrecht.
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In this paper we examined whether manic and depressive dimensions independently contribute to mental health service use and determined the degree of comorbidity between manic and depressive dimensions in individuals with and without mental health service use. If both depressive and manic episodes independently influence help-seeking behaviour, a higher level of comorbidity between these dimensions would be found in clinical as compared to non-clinical samples (i.e. Berkson's Bias). Data were derived from the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study (NEMESIS), a prospective epidemiological survey in a representative sample of the Dutch population (N = 7076). Dimensions of depression and mania and mental health service use (MHSU) were assessed with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) at baseline, and prospectively one and three years later. Logistic regression was used to test whether depressive and manic dimensions both had independent effects on mental health service use. The degree of mania-comorbidity given the presence of depressive dimension was assessed as a function of MHSU, both retrospectively and prospectively. Manic and depressive dimensions contributed independently to mental health service use. Mania-comorbidity given the presence of depressive dimension was significantly higher in individuals with mental health service use than in those without, both retrospectively (16.7% versus 7.1%, p = 0.000) and prospectively (10.8% versus 6.6%, p = 0.017). We conclude that the bipolar phenotype consists of manic and depressive dimensions that may be much more loosely associated than (Berkson) biased clinical observations suggest. A dimension-specific approach may be more productive in clarifying the aetiology of mood dysregulation.
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- E J Regeer
- Altrecht Institute for Mental Health Care, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Acarturk C, de Graaf R, van Straten A, Have MT, Cuijpers P. Social phobia and number of social fears, and their association with comorbidity, health-related quality of life and help seeking: a population-based study. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2008; 43:273-9. [PMID: 18219433 DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0309-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2007] [Accepted: 01/08/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Community based data were used to examine the association between social phobia and comorbidity, quality of life and service utilization. In addition, the correlations of the number of social fears with these domains were studied. METHOD Data are from the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study (NEMESIS) (N = 7,076). Social phobia was assessed according to DSM-III-R with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI); quality of life was assessed according to the Short-Form-36 Health Survey (SF-36). RESULTS The 12-month prevalence of social phobia was 4.8%. Being female, young, low educated, a single parent, living alone, not having a paid job and having a somatic disorder are associated with 12-month social phobia. Mean and median ages of onset of social phobia were 19.1 and 16.0 years, respectively, and mean and median duration were 16.8 and 14.0 years, respectively. 66% of respondents with social phobia had at least one comorbid condition. 12-month social phobia was significantly related to lower quality of life and higher service utilization. The mean number of feared social situations was 2.73 out of the 6 assessed. As the number of social fears increases, comorbidity and service utilization increases, and the quality of life decreases. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest as the number of feared social situations increases, the burden of social phobia rises. In other words, like comorbidity or decreased quality of life, the number of social fears is also an important indicator of the severity of social phobia. We conclude that from a public health perspective, mental health care givers should pay attention to the number of social fears in order to check the severity of social phobia.
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- C Acarturk
- FPP, Dept. Clinical Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Plaisier I, de Bruijn JGM, Smit JH, de Graaf R, Ten Have M, Beekman ATF, van Dyck R, Penninx BWJH. Work and family roles and the association with depressive and anxiety disorders: differences between men and women. J Affect Disord 2008; 105:63-72. [PMID: 17524494 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2007.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2007] [Revised: 04/12/2007] [Accepted: 04/13/2007] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND This study examined the associations of (combinations of) social roles (employee, partner and parent) with the prevalence of anxiety and depressive disorders and whether social roles contribute to the explanation of the female preponderance in these disorders. METHOD This was a cross-sectional study using data from 3857 respondents aged 25-55 of NEMESIS (Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study). Depression and anxiety disorders were measured using the CIDI 1.1. RESULTS The OR of depressive disorders and anxiety disorders among women compared to men was 1.71 (95% CI: 1.40-2.10). Among both genders, the partner role was associated with decreased risks of depression and anxiety and the parent role was not. The work role was a significant protective factor of depression and anxiety for men (OR=0.40; 95% CI: 0.24-0.69) but not for women (OR=0.86; 95% CI: 0.66-1.12). The effect of the work role was positive among women without children (OR=0.28; 95% CI: 0.14-0.54), but not among those with children (OR=1.01; 95% CI: 0.75-1.35). The gender risk for depression and anxiety decreased significantly by adding the work role variables into the model. LIMITATIONS This was a cross-sectional study. This study did not give insight into the quality of social roles. CONCLUSION The work role contributed to the explanation of the female preponderance in depression and anxiety disorders. Considering depression and anxiety among women, a focus upon quality and meaning of the work role, and barriers in combining the work role and parent role may be essential.
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- I Plaisier
- Faculty of Social Sciences/VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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OBJECTIVE Although the clinical relevance of minor depression has been demonstrated in many studies, the economic costs are not well explored. In this study, we examine the economic costs of minor depression. METHOD In a large-scale, population-based study in the Netherlands (n = 5504) the costs of minor depression were compared with the costs of major depression and dysthymia. Excess costs, i.e. the costs of a disorder over and above the costs attributable to other illnesses, were estimated with help of regression analysis. The direct medical costs, the direct non-medical costs and the indirect non-medical costs were calculated. The year 2003 was used as the reference year. RESULTS The annual per capita excess costs of minor depression were US$ 2141 (95% CI = 753-3529) higher than the base rate costs of US$ 1023, while the costs of major depression were US$ 3313 (95% CI = 1234-5390) higher than the base rate. The costs of minor depression per 1 million inhabitants were 160 million dollars per year, which is somewhat less than the costs of major depression (192 million dollars per year). CONCLUSION The economic costs associated with minor depression are considerable and approach those of major depression.
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- P Cuijpers
- Department of Clinical Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Nugent GD, Ten Have M, van der Gulik A, Dix PJ, Uijtewaal BA, Mordhorst AP. Plastid transformants of tomato selected using mutations affecting ribosome structure. Plant Cell Rep 2005; 24:341-9. [PMID: 15965679 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-005-0930-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2004] [Revised: 12/08/2004] [Accepted: 01/01/2005] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Tomato plastid transformants were obtained using two vectors containing cloned plastid DNA of either Nicotiana tabacum or Solanum nigrum and including point mutations conferring resistance to spectinomycin and streptomycin. Transformants were recovered after PEG-mediated direct DNA uptake into protoplasts, followed by selection on spectinomycin-containing medium. Sixteen lines contained the point mutation, as confirmed by mapping restriction enzyme sites. One line obtained with each vector was analysed in more detail, in comparison with a spontaneous spectinomycin-resistant mutant. Integration of the cloned Solanum or Nicotiana plastid DNA, by multiple recombination events, into the tomato plastome was confirmed by sequence analysis of the targeted region of plastid DNA in the inverted repeat region. Maternal inheritance of spectinomycin and streptomycin resistances or sensitivity in seedlings also confirmed the transplastomic status of the two transformants. The results demonstrate the efficacy in tomato of a selection strategy which avoids the integration of a dominant bacterial antibiotic resistance gene.
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- G D Nugent
- Biology Department, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland
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