Brown C, Shear M K, Schulberg H C, Madonia M J
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.
Psychiatr Serv. 1999 Mar;50(3):407-9. doi: 10.1176/ps.50.3.407.
The prevalence of current anxiety disorders and associated clinical patterns was examined in a sample of 125 African American and 120 white primary medical care patients between ages 18 and 64. Patients who indicated they had at least one mood or anxiety symptom in response to a screening questionnaire were interviewed to determine the presence of a DSM-IV anxiety, mood, or possible alcohol abuse disorder. Demographic data and data on mental- and physical-health-related functioning and health service utilization were also collected. The authors found no racial differences in the proportions of patients who met DSM-IV criteria for the disorders, nor in their symptom patterns, level of functional disability, or rates of health and mental health service utilization.
在125名年龄在18岁至64岁之间的非裔美国初级医疗保健患者和120名白人初级医疗保健患者样本中，研究了当前焦虑症的患病率及相关临床模式。对那些在筛查问卷中表示至少有一个情绪或焦虑症状的患者进行访谈，以确定是否存在《精神疾病诊断与统计手册》第四版（DSM-IV）规定的焦虑症、情绪障碍或可能的酒精滥用障碍。还收集了人口统计学数据以及与身心健康相关的功能和卫生服务利用情况的数据。作者发现，在符合DSM-IV疾病标准的患者比例、症状模式、功能残疾水平或卫生和心理健康服务利用率方面，不存在种族差异。
