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Psychiatric Disorder in Women from an Edinburgh Community: Associations with Demographic Factors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

P. G. Surtees ,
C. Dean ,
J. G. Ingham ,
N. B. Kreitman ,
P. McC. Miller  and
S. P. Sashidharan
P. G. Surtees
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Morningside Park, Edinburgh EH10 5HF, Scotland
C. Dean
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Morningside Park, Edinburgh EH10 5HF, Scotland
J. G. Ingham
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Morningside Park, Edinburgh EH10 5HF, Scotland
N. B. Kreitman
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Morningside Park, Edinburgh EH10 5HF, Scotland
P. McC. Miller
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Morningside Park, Edinburgh EH10 5HF, Scotland
S. P. Sashidharan
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Morningside Park, Edinburgh EH10 5HF, Scotland
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Summary

The prevalence of psychiatric disorder was determined according to alternative diagnostic criteria in a random sample of 576 women from an Edinburgh community. Whichever diagnostic system was applied, significantly higher rates of disorder were found among the working class, the unemployed and women who were divorced, widowed, separated or cohabiting; in the subgroup of women who met all these conditions, up to half were found to satisfy the diagnostic criteria. The observed prevalence estimates can be explained as the effects of each demographic factor acting independently, no interaction effects being needed. Our results are discussed in relation to the findings of others, and in terms of the statistical issues involved.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 142 , Issue 3 , March 1983 , pp. 238 - 246
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Copyright © 1983 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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