Three-Year Physician Treated Prevalence Rate of Mental Disorders in Alberta

Prevalence of mental disorders in children living in Alberta, Canada, as determined from physician billing data.

BACKGROUND The prevalence of mental disorders is often assessed using survey techniques. Although providing good estimates of prevalence, these techniques are time-consuming and expensive. OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of mental disorders among children aged 0 to 17 years living in Alberta, Canada, using health care administrative data. DESIGN This was a cross-sectional study. Intern...

PS282. Prevalence of mental disorders in suicide

Assessment of physician performance in Alberta: the physician achievement review.

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta, in collaboration with the Universities of Calgary and Alberta, has developed a program to routinely assess the performance of physicians, intended primarily for quality improvement in medical practice. The Physician Achievement Review (PAR) provides a multidimensional view of performance through structured feedback to physicians. The program wi...

Prevalence of Mental Disorders in 6–16-Year-Old Students in Sichuan Province, China

To investigate the point prevalence of mental disorders in school students, multistage cluster stratified random sampling and two-phase survey methods were used to identify 40 primary and middle schools. The students were screened using the Chinese version of the Child Behavior Checklist and diagnosed using the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview. The prevalence of behavioral problems...

Changes in administrative prevalence of mental disorders over a 13-year period in Asturias (northern Spain).

INTRODUCTION The study of administrative prevalence from cumulative psychiatric case registers allows the mental health state of the studied region and the functioning of its Health Services to be estimated. METHODS Data were extracted from the Asturias Cumulative Psychiatric Case Register (RACPAS) between January 1st 1998 and December 3 th 2010. Characteristics of the population of the catch...