E. E. Walters

TL;DR: The brevity, strong psychometric properties, and ability to discriminate DSM-IV cases from non-cases make the K10 and K6 attractive for use in general-purpose health surveys.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report the results of a cross-national investigation of patterns of comorbidity between substance use and psychiatric disorders in six studies participating in the International Consortium in Psychiatric Epidemiology.

TL;DR: It is shown that mental disorders were often chronic, although chronicity was consistently higher for anxiety disorders than for mood or substance-use disorders, and there is a need for demonstration projects of early outreach and intervention programmes for people with early-onset mental disorders, as well as quality assurance programmes to look into the widespread problem of inadequate treatment.

TL;DR: Both lifetime and current panic–depression comorbidity are markers for more severe, persistent and disabling illness.

TL;DR: Both lifetime and current panic-depression comorbidity are markers for more severe, persistent and disabling illness.