Qatar's National Mental Health Study—The World Mental Health Qatar
<h3>Background</h3><p dir="ltr">We provide an overview of Qatar's first epidemiological study on prevalence, predictors, and treatment contact for mood and anxiety disorders.</p><h3>Aims</h3><p dir="ltr">We highlight the importance o...
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| Summary: | <h3>Background</h3><p dir="ltr">We provide an overview of Qatar's first epidemiological study on prevalence, predictors, and treatment contact for mood and anxiety disorders.</p><h3>Aims</h3><p dir="ltr">We highlight the importance of the three‐pronged study, its aims, and its key components.</p><h3>Materials & Methods</h3><p dir="ltr">The first component comprised a probability‐based representative survey of Qatari and non‐Qatari (Arab) adult males and females recruited from the general population and interviewed using the International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI version 3.3). The second component, a clinical reappraisal study, assessed concordance between diagnoses based on the CIDI and independent clinical assessments conducted by trained clinical interviewers. The third component comprised a resting‐state functional magnetic resonance imaging study of healthy survey respondents who were matched to patients with psychosis.</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">5000 survey interviews provided data on prevalence and treatment of common mental disorders. Clinical re‐interviews (<i>N </i>= 485) provided important diagnostic validity data. Finally, state‐of‐the art structural and functional brain markers for psychosis were also collected (<i>N</i> = 100).</p><h3>Discussion</h3><p dir="ltr">Descriptive epidemiological data were collected to inform future mental health priorities in Qatar and situates these within a global context.</p><h3>Conclusion</h3><p dir="ltr">The study fills important gaps in regional and global estimates and establish necessary baseline to develop comprehensive risk estimates for mental health in Qatar’s young population.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research<br>License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mpr.2008" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mpr.2008</a></p> |
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