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. 2007 Sep;97(9):1638–1643. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.090985

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Proportional Treatment Contact in the Year of Disorder Onset and Median Duration of Delay Among Patients Who Subsequently Made Treatment Contact: Mexico National Comorbidity Survey, 2001–2002

Treatment Contact Made in Year of Onset, % Treatment Contact Made by Age 50 Years, % Median Duration of Delay, y Total Number
Anxiety disorders
    Panic disorder 17.0 79.2 16 65
    Generalized anxiety disorder 12.7 38.6 2 78
    Specific phobia 1.6 25.2 26 412
    Social phobia 1.2 43.9 22 203
    Any anxiety disorders 3.6 53.2 30 610
Mood disorders
    Major depressive episode 19.0 70.4 13 531
    Dysthymia 11.7 75.5 18 89
    Bipolar disorder (broad) 6.5 53.1 13 106
    Any mood disorders 16.0 69.9 14 598
Substance use disorders
    Alcohol abuse 2.4 24.3 12 367
    Alcohol abuse with dependence 2.8 16.8 8 141
    Drug abuse 2.9 56.9 4 74
    Drug abuse with dependencea . . . . . . . . . . . .
    Any substance-use disorders 0.9 22.1 10 378

Note. We assessed mental and substsance use disorders defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition14 with version 3.0 of the WHO Composite International Diagnostic Interview, a fully structured, lay-administered diagnostic questionnaire used in face-to-face interviews.15

aDisorder omitted because of insufficient cases (n < 30) but included in the “any substance use disorders” category.