Table 2.
Non-use of Mental Health Services by prevalent DSM-IV/WMH-CIDI mood, anxiety, and comorbid disorders in adults 55 years and oldera
| Disorder | Unweighted N |
Non-Use, Weighted % |
SE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mood Disorders | |||
| Any mood | 132 | 56.2 | 3.7 |
| Major depressive disorder | 107 | 58.0 | 4.6 |
| Dysthymia | 20 | 61.8 | 10.3 |
| Bipolar I or II disorderb | 24 | 41.2 | 11.3 |
| Anxiety Disorders | |||
| Any anxiety | 293 | 72.6 | 2.3 |
| Panic disorder | 35 | 44.2 | 10.1 |
| Agoraphobia without panic | 24 | 56.3 | 8.0 |
| Specific phobia | 160 | 79.5 | 3.5 |
| Social phobia | 101 | 69.7 | 4.5 |
| Generalized anxiety disorder | 58 | 65.6 | 5.9 |
| Posttraumatic stress disorder | 49 | 46.0 | 7.6 |
| Comorbid disorderc | 77 | 50.2 | 6.3 |
a
Data were from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R) and included older adults diagnosed with 12-month DSM-IV disorders based on the World Mental Health Composite International Diagnostic Interview (WMH-CIDI).
b
Bipolar I and II disorder represents proportion of respondents who endorsed either bipolar I, II, or subthreshold bipolar disorder.
c
Comorbid disorder defined as any co-occurring mood-anxiety disorders.