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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Lifetime prevalence of mental disorders in Lebanon: First onset, treatment, and exposure to war
PLoS Medicine, Volume 5, No. 4, Article e61, Year 2008
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Background: There are no published data on national lifetime prevalence and treatment of mental disorders in the Arab region. Furthermore, the effect of war on first onset of disorders has not been addressed previously on a national level, especially in the Arab region. Thus, the current study aims at investigating the lifetime prevalence, treatment, age of onset of mental disorders, and their relationship to war in Lebanon. Methods and Findings: The Lebanese Evaluation of the Burden of Ailments and Needs Of the Nation study was carried out on a nationally representative sample of the Lebanese population (n = 2,857 adults). Respondents were interviewed using the fully structured WHO Composite International Diagnostic Interview 3.0. Lifetime prevalence of any Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition (DSM-IV) disorder was 25.8%. Anxiety (16.7%) and mood (12.6%) were more common than impulse control (4.4%) and substance (2.2%) disorders. Only a minority of people with any mental disorder ever received professional treatment, with substantial delays (6 to 28 y) between the onset of disorders and onset of treatment. War exposure increased the risk of first onset of anxiety (odds ratio [OR] 5.92, 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.5-14.1), mood (OR 3.32, 95% CI 2.0-5.6), and impulse control disorders (OR 12.72, 95% CI 4.5-35.7). Conclusions: About one-fourth of the sample (25.8%) met criteria for at least one of the DSM-IV disorders at some point in their lives. There is a substantial unmet need for early identification and treatment. Exposure to war events increases the odds of first onset of mental disorders. © 2008 Karam et al.
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Authors & Co-Authors
Karam, Elie Georges
Lebanon, Beirut
Saint George Hospital University Medical Center
Lebanon, Al Koura
University of Balamand
Lebanon, Beirut
Research
Mneimneh, Zeina N.
Lebanon, Beirut
Research
United States, Ann Arbor
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Dimassi, Hani I.
Lebanon, Beirut
Research
Lebanon, Beirut
American University of Beirut
Fayyad, John A.
Lebanon, Beirut
Saint George Hospital University Medical Center
Lebanon, Al Koura
University of Balamand
Lebanon, Beirut
Research
Karam, Aimée Nasser
Lebanon, Beirut
Saint George Hospital University Medical Center
Lebanon, Al Koura
University of Balamand
Lebanon, Beirut
Research
Nasser, Soumana Chamoun
Lebanon, Beirut
Research
Lebanon, Beirut
Lebanese American University
Chatterji, Somnath
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
Kessler, Ronald C.
United States, Boston
Harvard Medical School
Statistics
Citations: 8
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 8
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1371/journal.pmed.0050061
ISSN:
15491277
e-ISSN:
15491676
Research Areas
Mental Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Case-Control Study