Anxiety Disorders
New research on anxiety disorders from University of Cape Town summarized
Published in Law and Health Weekly, April 19th, 2008
" Data on the lifetime prevalence of psychiatric disorders in South Africa are of interest, not only for the purposes of developing evidence-based mental health policy, but also in view of South Africa's particular historical and demographic circumstances. A nationally representative household survey was conducted between 2002 and 2004 using the World Health Organization Composite International Diagnostic interview (CIDI) to generate diagnoses," scientists writing in the British Journal of Psychiatry report.
"The data-set analysed included 4351 adult South Africans of all ethnic groups. Lifetime prevalence of DSM-IV/CIDI disorders was determined for anxiety...
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