Twelve‐month prevalence and severity of mental disorders in the Saudi National Mental Health Survey

• Published in: International journal of methods in psychiatric research Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. e1831 - n/a
• Main Authors: Altwaijri, Yasmin A., Al‐Habeeb, Abdulhameed, Al‐Subaie, Abdullah S., Bilal, Lisa, Al‐Desouki, Majid, Shahab, Mona K., Hyder, Sanaa, Sampson, Nancy A., King, Andrew J., Kessler, Ronald C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.09.2020; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Anxiety; Anxiety disorders; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Epidemiology; Female; Health Surveys; Humans; Mental disorders; Mental Disorders - epidemiology; Mental health; Mood; Prevalence; Public health; Saudi Arabia - epidemiology; Saudi National Mental Health Survey (SNMHS); Special Issue; Substance abuse; Substance use; Surveys; WHO World Mental Health (WMH) Survey Initiative; Saudi Arabia; WHO World Mental Health (WMH) Survey Initiative; epidemiology; prevalence; Saudi National Mental Health Survey (SNMHS); mental disorders

Objectives To estimate 12‐month prevalence and severity of mental disorders in the Saudi National Mental Health Survey (SNMHS). Methods The SNMHS is a face‐to‐face community epidemiological survey in a nationally representative household sample of citizens aged 15 to 65 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabi...