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12-month prevalence of panic disorder with or without agoraphobia in the Swedish general population

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Objective The present study examined the prevalence of panic disorder with or without agoraphobia according to DSM-IV criteria in the Swedish general population. Method Data were obtained by means of a postal survey administrated to 1000 randomly selected adults. The panic disorder module of the World Health Organization's Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) was included in the survey. Results 12-month prevalence was estimated at 2.2 % (CI 95 % 1.02 % – 3.38 %). There was a significant sex difference, with a greater prevalence for women (5.6 %) compared to men (1 %). Conclusion The Swedish panic disorder prevalence is relatively consistent with findings in most other parts of the western world.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Box 1225, 75142 Uppsala, Sweden. Fax: +46-18/4 71 21 23, E-Mail: gerhard.andersson@psyk.uu.se, SE

    Per Carlbring & Gerhard Andersson

  2. Department of Audiology, Uppsala University Hospital, SE

    Henrik Gustafsson

  3. Department of Neuroscience Psychiatry, Uppsala University Hospital, SE

    Lisa Ekselius

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  1. Per Carlbring
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Accepted: 8 January 2002

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Carlbring, P., Gustafsson, H., Ekselius, L. et al. 12-month prevalence of panic disorder with or without agoraphobia in the Swedish general population. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 37, 207–211 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-002-0542-y

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