Table 1.

Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria.

Study Features

Studies focusing on the general population of BC, Canada, the United States, Western European countries, Australia, and New Zealand Uses diagnostic survey tools, such as Composite International Diagnostic Interview or Structured Clinical Interview for DSM, based on standardized diagnostic criteria, such as ICD or DSM, for case identification. ○ For Canadian studies, studies that use DSM-III and onwards are included ○ For international prevalence studies, studies that use DSM-IV and onwards are included ○ For incidence data, which is scarcer, studies that use DSM-III and onwards are included regardless of country Community surveys using probability sampling methods or the entire population of a confined region Outcome measure is a population epidemiological measure such as prevalence or incidence

Participant Features

Age 15 or older General population (i.e., not nursing homes, prison populations, depressive symptomatology in populations with cancer, injury—some kind of specialized group)

Note. BC = British Columbia; DSM = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; ICD = International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems.