Table 4.
Proportion of Black women with a lifetime DSM-IV mood, anxiety, and substance use psychiatric disorder who met the criteria for a psychiatric disorder in the past 12 Months.
| African American | Caribbean Black | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DSM-IV Disorder | U.S.-Born | U.S.-Born | Foreign-Born | ||||
| N | Weighted % (S.E.) | ||||||
| Mood Disorders | |||||||
| Major Depressive Disorder | 370 | 51.8 | (2.9) | 29.4 | (9.2) | 58.9 | (12.2) |
| Dysthymia | 105 | 73.1 | (5.4) | 37.6 | (14.5) a | 14.0 | (5.2) a |
| Bipolar Disorder I, II c | 25 | 70.5 | (9.6) | -- | 100 | (0.0) a | |
| Any Mood Disorder | 379 | 52.2 | (2.9) | 29.4 | (9.5) | 58.8 | (12.0) |
| Anxiety Disorders | |||||||
| Agoraphobia | 75 | 59.0 | (6.6) | 13.9 | (13.2) | 60.2 | (16.6) |
| Post-traumatic Stress Disorder | 287 | 40.6 | (3.3) | 38.0 | (11.2) | 34.5 | (10.8) |
| Social Phobia | 223 | 64.7 | (4.0) | 64.5 | (9.0) | 90.1 | (5.1) a |
| General Anxiety Disorder | 141 | 56.1 | (5.1) | 34.4 | (22.8) | 44.5 | (18.8) |
| Panic Disorder | 124 | 70.4 | (4.7) | 54.4 | (21.4) | 27.2 | (11.1) a |
| Panic Attack | 633 | 41.3 | (2.7) | 57.0 | (12.4) | 36.0 | (13.2) b |
| Any Anxiety Disorder | 630 | 57.8 | (3.0) | 40.3 | (10.1) | 57.7 | (6.3) b |
| Substance Use Disorders | |||||||
| Alcohol Abuse | 132 | 23.1 | (4.2) | 8.3 | (7.9) | 19.9 | (10.4) b |
| Alcohol Dependence | 58 | 36.4 | (5.7) | -- | 25.8 | (32.5) b | |
| Drug Abuse | 90 | 23.7 | (4.8) | 26.8 | (4.6) | 10.6 | (12.2) |
| Drug Dependence | 40 | 23.7 | (7.8) | 22.9 | (18.0) | 14.8 | (14.2) b |
| Any Substance Use Disorder | 168 | 29.8 | (4.2) | 27.7 | (9.4) | 25.0 | (12.3) |
| Any of the Above Disorders | 874 | 56.1 | (2.3) | 40.5 | (10.7) | 64.2 | (6.3) b |
Abbreviations: DSM IV = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition; U.S. = United States; S.E. = standard error. Pairwise comparisons of ethnic and nativity differences in the persistence of psychiatric disorders obtained from multivariable logistic regressions. Analyses were restricted to those that first met the DSM-IV criteria for a lifetime disorder at least two years prior to the interview. a Adjusted odds of meeting persistence criteria, compared to African American women, was statistically significant at p < 0.05. b Adjusted odds of meeting persistence criteria, compared to U.S.-born Caribbean women, was statistically significant at p < 0.05. c Multivariate pairwise comparisons of nativity differences in the persistence of specific disorders were not conducted due to the small samples.