In 2 meta-analyses on gender differences in depression in nationally representative
samples, we advance previous work by including studies of depression diagnoses and …

Objectives The purpose of this study is to provide an updated systematic review to identify
studies describing the prevalence of psychosis in order to explore methodological factors …

Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent mental disorders, but the subcategory of
specific phobias has not been well studied. Phobias involve both fear and avoidance. For …

Objective: Bipolar disorder (BD) is common in clinical psychiatric practice, and several
studies have estimated its prevalence to range from 0.5 to 5% in community-based samples …

To examine cultural aspects in social anxiety and social anxiety disorder (SAD), we
reviewed the literature on the prevalence rates, expressions, and treatments of social …

La OMS coloca a Chile entre los países con mayor carga de morbilidad por enfermedades
psiquiátricas (23, 2%) en el mundo. La depresión mayor y los trastornos por consumo de …

In the last decade, there has been an increase in interest in the burden of chronic and
disabling health conditions that are not necessarily fatal, such as the mental disorders. This …

Background: Simple and brief questionnaires with adequate psychometric properties are
useful for the early detection of depressive disorders. Aim: To analyze the psychometric …

The Derogatis symptom checklist (SCL-90-R) and its short version, the Brief Symptom
Inventory (BSI), are widely used instruments, despite the fact that their factor structures were …

Social phobia, or social anxiety disorder, is among the most common (and debilitating) of the
anxiety disorders, and at any given time it effects somewhere between 3 and 5% of the US …