TABLE 1.

Summary Criteria for Subthreshold Forms of Common Axis I Disorders

Disorder	Summary Criteria for Subthreshold Form of the Disorder
Panic disorder	Assessed using two probe questions evaluating criterion A1 and required the experience of a panic attack without being in danger.
Agoraphobia	Assessed by a probe question evaluating criterion A and required reporting a strong fear of being away from home, traveling in a bus or train, being in a public place, traveling alone, or crossing a bridge.
Phobia	Assessed by a probe question evaluating criterion A and required an unusually strong fear or avoidance of living things, the sight of blood, getting an injection, going to the dentist or hospital, heights, storms, thunder or lightning, being in water, flying in an airplane, being in a closed space, or any other specified situation.
Social phobia	Assessed by two probe questions for criterion A and required an unusually strong fear or avoidance of seven possible social situations (e.g., eating, drinking, or writing while being watched, participating or speaking in a meeting) in addition to a fear of behaving in nine possible ways (e.g., showing anxiety, throwing up, losing control of bladder or bowels, blushing).
Generalized anxiety disorder	Assessed by a probe question evaluating criterion A and required the occurrence of a period of feeling worried, tense, or anxious most of the time for a minimum duration of 3 months.
Eating disorder	Assessed from criterion A for anorexia nervosa and criteria A and B for bulimia nervosa and required either loss of at least 6.5 kg and being perceived as too thin, or a period of binge eating and strict dieting, a lot of exercise, use of medication, vomiting, or fasting.
Somatoform disorder	Assessed by probe questions addressing criterion A of conversion disorder, criterion 5 of dissociative disorder not otherwise specified, criterion B of somatization disorder, criterion A of undifferentiated somatization disorder, criterion A of hypochondriasis, and criterion A of pain disorder.
Alcohol abuse or dependence	Required the admission of having had periods of drinking too much and consuming at least five units of alcohol per day twice a month or more.
Drug abuse or dependence	Required the use of illicit or improper use of prescribed drugs 10 or more times to get high. Nicotine dependence is not included.
Conduct disorder	Rating by interviewer as subthreshold (≥1) conduct disorder A criterion.