Weissman M M, Myers J K
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1978 Nov;35(11):1304-11. doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.1978.01770350030002.
The current point and lifetime prevalence rates of affective disorders, based on the application of Research Diagnostic Criteria to a US urban community sample, are reported. The affective disorders studied included major and minor depression, mania, hypomania, bipolar I and II, primary and secondary depression, schizo-affective disorder, depressive and cyclothymic personality, and grief reactions. Epidemiologic surveys that include treated and untreated persons to obtain rates of specific psychiatric disorders are needed for scientific purposes and health care planning.
报告了基于将研究诊断标准应用于美国城市社区样本得出的情感障碍的当前时点患病率和终生患病率。所研究的情感障碍包括重度和轻度抑郁症、躁狂症、轻躁狂症、双相I型和II型、原发性和继发性抑郁症、精神分裂症性情感障碍、抑郁性和环性心境人格以及悲伤反应。为了科学目的和医疗保健规划，需要进行包括已治疗和未治疗者在内的流行病学调查，以获得特定精神障碍的患病率。
