Lifetime co-morbidity of DSM-IV disorders in the US National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A).
Lifetime co-morbidity of DSM-IV disorders in the US National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A).
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DOI:
10.1017/s0033291712000025
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发表时间:
2012-09
影响因子:
6.9
通讯作者:
Merikangas, K. Ries
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作者:
Kessler, R. C.;Avenevoli, S.;McLaughlin, K. A.;Green, J. Greif;Lakoma, M. D.;Petukhova, M.;Pine, D. S.;Sampson, N. A.;Zaslavsky, A. M.;Merikangas, K. Ries
Research on the structure of comorbidity among common mental disorders has largely focused on current prevalence rather than on the development of comorbidity. This report presents preliminary results of the latter type of analysis based on the National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A). A national survey was carried out of adolescent mental disorders. DSM-IV diagnoses were based on the Composite International Diagnostic Interview administered to adolescents and questionnaires self-administered to parents. Factor analysis examined comorbidity among 15 lifetime DSM-IV disorders. Discrete-time survival analysis was used to predict first onset of each disorder from information about prior history of the other 14 disorders. Factor analysis found four factors representing fear, distress, behavior, and substance disorders. Associations of temporally primary disorders with the subsequent onset of other disorders (dated using retrospective age-of-onset reports) were almost entirely positive. Within-class associations (e.g., distress disorders predicting subsequent onset of other distress disorders) were more consistently significant (63.2%) than between-class associations (33.0%). Strength of associations decreased as comorbidity among disorders increased. The percent of lifetime disorders explained (in a predictive rather than causal sense) by temporally prior disorders was in the range 3.7-6.9% for earliest-onset disorders (specific phobia and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) and much higher (23.1-64.3%) for later-onset disorders. Fear disorders were the strongest predictors of most other subsequent disorders. Adolescent mental disorders are highly comorbid. The strong associations of temporally primary fear disorders with many other later-onset disorders suggest that fear disorders might be promising targets for early interventions.