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. 2017 Feb;210(2):119–124. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.116.188078

Table 1.

Twelve-month prevalence of major depressive disorder (MDD), perceived need for treatment, receipt of any treatment and receipt of minimally adequate treatment

% (s.e.)
Country by
income categorya
A, % with
12-month
diagnosis of MDD
B, % of those in A
who had a
perceived need
for treatment
C, % of those in B
with a ‘perceived need’
who received any
12-month treatment
D, % of those treated
in C who received
minimally adequate
treatment
E, % of those in A
who received
minimally adequate
treatment
nb
I. High income
    Belgium 5.2 (0.7) 64.7 (7.4) 81.7 (4.8) 55.7 (8.9) 29.5 (6.0) 105
    France 5.6 (0.7) 59.3 (4.5) 79.5 (3.8) 48.7 (7.4) 23.0 (4.9) 158
    Germany 3.1 (0.3) 60.6 (7.4) 78.5 (3.9) 66.3 (4.0) 31.6 (4.2) 109
    Israel 5.9 (0.4) 54.0 (3.0) 72.5 (3.5) 40.3 (4.3) 15.8 (2.2) 280
    Italy 2.9 (0.2) 52.3 (5.0) 73.5 (4.6) 43.4 (5.5) 16.7 (3.7) 119
    Japan 2.4 (0.3) 50.4 (7.7) 80.1 (1.9) 54.9 (2.8) 22.2 (5.0) 81
    Murcia, Spain 6.9 (0.5) 72.6 (4.8) 89.0 (3.5) 29.2 (5.3) 18.8 (3.5) 154
    The Netherlands 4.9 (0.7) 61.0 (7.1) 82.0 (5.2) 66.2 (6.9) 33.1 (5.1) 125
    Portugal 7.0 (0.5) 65.4 (2.6) 88.3 (1.6) 32.5 (4.1) 18.8 (2.7) 290
    Spain 3.8 (0.3) 74.2 (3.4) 79.5 (4.2) 46.0 (5.1) 27.2 (3.2) 231
    USA 6.7 (0.3) 74.0 (1.5) 77.4 (2.6) 46.4 (3.1) 26.6 (1.9) 646
    Argentina 3.7 (0.5) 66.4 (4.7) 55.3 (4.1) 48.9 (3.3) 17.9 (2.7) 170
    Total 5.2 (0.1) 64.9 (1.1) 77.9 (1.2) 44.2 (1.6) 22.4 (1.0) 2468

II. Upper-middle income
    São Paulo, Brazil 10.1 (0.7) 56.1 (3.4) 63.8 (2.7) 41.7 (5.4) 14.9 (2.0) 489
    Bulgaria 3.0 (0.3) 50.7 (4.0) 63.3 (3.8) 21.0 (6.3) 6.7 (2.3) 145
    Lebanon 4.9 (0.7) 41.0 (3.3) 56.8 (6.9) 30.3 (6.2) 7.0 (1.7) 126
    Medellin, Colombia 3.8 (0.4) 51.7 (4.9) 53.5 (7.7) 32.4 (7.3)c 9.0 (2.7) 151
    Mexico 3.7 (0.3) 58.3 (3.5) 43.4 (4.5) 25.4 (2.9) 6.4 (1.5) 231
    Romania 1.5 (0.3) 23.8 (7.3) 90.3 (3.5) 63.0 (14.6) 13.5 (7.5) 40
    Total 4.7 (0.2) 52.2 (1.9) 59.6 (1.9) 36.7 (3.5) 11.4 (1.2) 1182

III. Lower-middle income
    Colombia 5.3 (0.4) 49.2 (4.7) 41.3 (6.1) 24.6 (9.4) 5.0 (2.4) 241
    Iraq 3.9 (0.4) 17.0 (3.9) 69.7 (2.0) 20.7 (0.7) 2.5 (2.4) 182
    Nigeria 1.1 (0.2) 22.3 (3.0) 86.0 (6.3) 0.0 (•) 0.0 (•) 72
    Peru 2.7 (0.3) 60.3 (6.1) 50.6 (5.7) 2.8 (2.9) 0.9 (0.9) 99
    Beijing/Shanghai, PRC 2.0 (0.4) 39.3 (8.8) 60.3 (12.7) • (•) • (•) 87
    Total 3.2 (0.2) 34.6 (2.5) 52.6 (3.4) 20.5 (3.4) 3.7 (1.6) 681

IV. Total all countries 4.6 (0.1) 56.7 (1.0) 71.1 (1.0) 41.0 (1.4) 16.5 (0.7) 4331

PCR, People's Republic of China; •, number could not be estimated because of sparse sampling/low responses.

a.

See footnotes to online Table DS1 for an explanation of why Colombia appears in two categories.

b.

Number meeting criteria for MDD.

c.

20.1 (5.1).