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. 2013 Jun 24;8(6):e65514. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065514

Table 1. Results of systematic reviews conducted to identify community-representative epidemiological data for higher and low prevalence mental disorders.

Mental disorders Number of electronic databases data sources Number of data sources, other Data sources used in deriving burden estimates*
Prevalence Incidence Remission Mortality
High Prevalence Disorders
Depressive disorders 35,579 36 267 6 6 10
Anxiety disorders 22,423 34 96 3 5 2
Low Prevalence Disorders
Bipolar disorder 2,442 44 32 2 0 5
Schizophrenia 3,673 14 51 33 12 32
Eating disorders 12,777 4 33 7 21 11
Total 76,894** 132 479 51 44 60
*

Number of data sources by disorder. Note that some studies report data for more than one disorder.

**

In total 96,349 data sources were identified for the review series (ie. high and low prevalence disorders and disorders with onset in childhood).