Age of onset of mental disorders: a review of recent literature

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  • dc.contributor.author Kessler, Ronald C.
  • dc.contributor.author Amminger, G. Paul
  • dc.contributor.author Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio
  • dc.contributor.author Alonso Caballero, Jordi
  • dc.contributor.author Lee, Sing
  • dc.contributor.author Ustun, T. Bedirhan
  • dc.date.accessioned 2019-03-27T08:43:46Z
  • dc.date.available 2019-03-27T08:43:46Z
  • dc.date.issued 2007
  • dc.description.abstract PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The aim of this article is to review recent epidemiological research on age-of-onset of mental disorders, focusing on the WHO World Mental Health surveys. RECENT FINDINGS: Median and inter-quartile range (IQR; 25th-75th percentiles) of age-of-onset is much earlier for phobias (7-14, IQR 4-20) and impulse-control disorders (7-15; IQR 4-35) than other anxiety disorders (25-53, IQR 15-75), mood disorders (25-45, IQR 17-65), and substance disorders (18-29, IQR 16-43). Although less data exist for nonaffective psychosis, available evidence suggests that median age-of-onset is in the range late teens through early 20s. Roughly half of all lifetime mental disorders in most studies start by the mid-teens and three quarters by the mid-20s. Later onsets are mostly secondary conditions. Severe disorders are typically preceded by less severe disorders that are seldom brought to clinical attention. SUMMARY: First onset of mental disorders usually occur in childhood or adolescence, although treatment typically does not occur until a number of years later. Although interventions with early incipient disorders might help reduce severity-persistence of primary disorders and prevent secondary disorders, additional research is needed on appropriate treatments for early incipient cases and on long-term evaluation of the effects of early intervention on secondary prevention.
  • dc.description.sponsorship The core activities of the WMH are supported by the National Institute of Mental Health (R01 MH070884), the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Pfizer Foundation, the US Public Health Service (R13‐MH066849, R01‐ MH069864, and R01 DA016558)
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  • dc.identifier.citation Kessler RC, Amminger GP, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Alonso J, Lee S, Ustün TB. Age of onset of mental disorders: a review of recent literature. Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2007 Jul;20(4):359-64. DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e32816ebc8c
  • dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/YCO.0b013e32816ebc8c
  • dc.identifier.issn 0951-7367
  • dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/36973
  • dc.language.iso eng
  • dc.publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
  • dc.relation.ispartof Current Opinion in Psychiatry 2007 Jul;20(4):359-64
  • dc.rights © Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This is a non-final version of an article published in final form in Kessler RC, Amminger GP, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Alonso J, Lee S, Ustün TB. Age of onset of mental disorders: a review of recent literature. Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2007 Jul;20(4):359-64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/YCO.0b013e32816ebc8c
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  • dc.subject.other Malalties mentals
  • dc.title Age of onset of mental disorders: a review of recent literature
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