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. 2020 Feb 6;6(2):e18. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2019.100

Table 2.

Comorbidity between operationally defined syndromesa

Overall Prevalence, n (%)
(n = 157 366)
Comorbidity, n (%)
Depressionb Hypomania/maniac Anxiety disorderd Unusual experiencese Self-harmf Haz/harm alcohol useg PTSDh
Total 70 892 (45) 37 434 (24) 2396 (2) 11 111 (7) 7803 (5) 6872 (4) 32 602 (21) 10 064 (6)
Lifetime history
Depressionb 37 434 (24) 1550 (4) 8444 (23) 3649 (10) 4240 (11) 8156 (22) 6373 (17)
Hypomania/maniac 2396 (2) 1550 (65) 778 (32) 598 (25) 453 (19) 660 (28) 657 (27)
Anxiety disorderd 11 111 (7) 8444 (76) 778 (7) 1551 (14) 1704 (15) 2634 (24) 3274 (29)
Unusual experiencese 7803 (5) 3649 (47) 598 (8) 1551 (20) 1225 (16) 1784 (23) 1594 (20)
Self-harmf 6872 (4) 4240 (62) 453 (7) 1704 (25) 1225 (18) 1890 (28) 1719 (25)
Current
Hazardous/harmful alcohol useg 32 602 (21) 8156 (25) 660 (2) 2634 (8) 1784 (5) 1890 (6) 2572 (8)
PTSDh 10 064 (6) 6373 (63) 657 (7) 3274 (33) 1594 (16) 1719 (17) 2572 (26)

PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder.

a.

Percentages refer to the proportion of participants with the row syndrome who also have column syndrome. See footnotes b–h, and supplementary Appendix 2 for ‘case’ definitions.

b.

Criteria met for major depressive disorder on Composite International Diagnostic Interview Short Form (CIDI-SF) lifetime.

c.

Criteria met for hypomania/mania lasting for at least 1 week.

d.

Criteria met for generalised anxiety disorder on CIDI-SF lifetime.

e.

Reported potential hallucination or delusion at any point in their life.

f.

Reported self-harm at some point in their life, asked to report self-harm ‘whether or not you meant to end your life’.

g.

Score above cut-off for alcohol use disorder (≥8) on Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Tool during the past year.

h.

Criteria met for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on PTSD Checklist – Short version (PCL-S) in the past month.