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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Psychol Sci. 2017 Oct 27;6(1):18–31. doi: 10.1177/2167702617720747

Table 1.

Psychopathology Symptom Frequencies by Sex

Symptoms: Females 0 1 2–3 4–5 6+
MDD 289 47 66
GAD 346 26 30
ASPD 256 95 51
Alcohol Use 193 78 72 29 29
Cannabis Use 346 26 13 10 6
Tobacco Use 304 46 51
Illicit Drug Use 376 25

Symptoms: Males 0 1 2–3 4–5 6+

MDD 285 43 33
GAD 330 26 5
ASPD 161 104 96
Alcohol Use 134 60 92 49 26
Cannabis Use 242 50 45 14 10
Tobacco Use 205 66 90
Illicit Drug Use 316 45

Note. For tobacco use disorder, GAD, MDD, and ASPD: 1 = symptoms but no diagnosis; 2 = diagnosis according to DSV-IV criteria. For substance use involving illicit drugs: 1 = one or more symptoms. GAD = generalized anxiety disorder; MDD = major depressive disorder; ASPD = antisocial personality disorder. In the present sample, 120 men and 91 women met DSM-IV criteria for alcohol use disorder; 90 men and 51 women met DSM-IV criteria for cannabis use disorder; and 15 men and 18 women met DSM-IV criteria for an illicit drug use disorder.