Authors: Regeer, E. J.¹; ten Have, M.²; Rosso, M. L.¹; Hakkaart-van Roijen, L.³; Vollebergh, W.²; Nolen, W. A.

Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, Volume 110, Number 5, November 2004 , pp. 374-382(9)

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Abstract:

Regeer EJ, ten Have M, Rosso ML, Hakkaart-van Roijen L, Vollebergh W, Nolen WA. Prevalence of bipolar disorder in the general population: a Reappraisal Study of the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study.

Acta Psychiatr Scand 2004: 1-9. © Blackwell Munksgaard 2004. Objective: 

The Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study (NEMESIS) is a Dutch population study using a fully structured interview (Composite International Diagnostic Interview, CIDI), administered by trained interviewers. Based on all three assessments of NEMESIS, 2.4% of the respondents were identified with lifetime bipolar disorder (DSM-III-R).

The primary aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence of bipolar disorder in the same population based on a semistructured interview administered by clinicians. Method: 

Seventy-four persons identified with a lifetime CIDI/DSM-III-R bipolar disorder and 40 persons with a major depressive disorder (MDD) were reinterviewed with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM (SCID). Results: 

Based on the SCID, 30 of 74 respondents with a CIDI/DSM-III-R bipolar disorder and eight of 40 respondents with MDD met DSM-IV criteria for bipolar disorder or cyclothymia, corresponding with an adjusted lifetime prevalence in these groups of 1% (95% CI: 0.7-1.3%) and 4.2% (95% CI: 1.6-6.9%) respectively. Conclusion: 

Compared with the SCID, the CIDI on the one hand overdiagnoses bipolar disorder but on the other hand underdiagnoses bipolar disorder.

Keywords: bipolar disorder; diagnosis; prevalence

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.2004.00363.x

Affiliations: 1: Altrecht Institute for Mental Health Care, Utrecht 2: Trimbos Institute, Utrecht 3: Institute for Medical Technology Assessment, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam

Publication date: 2004-11-01

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