Primary care patient beliefs and help-seeking preferences regarding depression in China

Depressive disorder represents a major public health issue internationally. The prevalence of depression among global population is 4.4% in 2015, with a total of 322 million patients (WHO,  2017). According to the National Health and Family Planning Commission, the prevalence of mood disorders was 4.06% in China and depressive disorder was 3.59% (National Health and Family Planning Commission PRC, 2017). Major depressive disorder was the second leading global cause of years lived w ith disability (YLDs) in 2010, accounting for 12.1% of the total YLDs and 2.5% of the total disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) (Ferrari et al., 2013).

Source: Psychiatry Research - August 13, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Yuxing Jiang, Hillary R. Bogner, Xiaoqing Wang, Jiayu Wang, Tingfei Zhu, Yeates Conwell, Shunlin Chen Source Type: research