Prevalence of Major Depressive Disorder and association with personal and socio-economic factors. Results for Spain of the European Health Interview Survey 2014-2015

Depressive disorders are amongst the most common mental disorders worldwide, generating great disability and dependence as well as very high economic expenditures for the health systems (Moussavi et al., 2007; Vos et al., 2017). However, geographical variation in the population prevalence of depressive disorders has been reported (Vos et al., 2017; World Health Organization, 2017).

Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - July 6, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Jorge Arias-de la Torre, Gemma Vilagut, Vicente Mart ín, Antonio J Molina, Jordi Alonso Source Type: research