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. 2004 Nov 1;54(508):838–842.

Table 1.

Level of psychological problem identified by GPs among patients with a CIDI DSM-IV diagnosis of a common mental disorder in the 12 months before the study.

Any CIDI disordera CIDI anxiety disorderb CIDI depressive disorderc CIDI substance use disorderd




Level of psychological problem identified %e 95% CIf %e 95% CIf %e 95% CIf %e 95% CIf
No psychological symptoms recognised 36.3 25.9 to 46.7 28.6 18.0 to 39.2 27.0 13.6 to 40.4 48.8 31.9 to 65.6
Any psychological symptoms 63.7 53.3 to 74.1 71.4 60.8 to 82.0 73.0 59.6 to 86.4 51.2 34.4 to 68.1
Clinically significant psychological problems 40.1 31.3 to 49.2 50.6 40.3 to 60.9 49.6 37.6 to 61.5 36.5 20.9 to 52.1
Explicit psychiatric diagnosis 33.8g 24.9 to 42.6 43.1h 33.1 to 53.1 42.5g 30.8 to 54.2 30.0h 14.7 to 45.3
Explicit diagnosis that also concurs with CIDI diagnosis 22.2g 16.2 to 28.3 14.6h 7.9 to 21.3 34.8g 24.1 to 45.5 7.4h 2.2 to 12.6

an = 386

bn = 241

cn = 222

dn = 103

ePercentage within disorder group estimated for the population of general practice patients with each disorder by weighting the sample according to probability of selection

fCIs are adjusted for clustering within GPs

gn = (n - 2) due to incomplete data

hn = (n - 1) due to incomplete data. CIDI = composite international diagnostic interview.