Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 122, Issue 1 , Pages 96-101, April 2010

Minor change in the diagnostic threshold leads into major alteration in the prevalence estimate of depression

  • Linnea Karlsson

      Affiliations

    • National Institute for Health and Welfare, Department for Mental Health and Services for Substance Abuse, Helsinki, Finland
    • Turku University Central Hospital, Departments of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Turku, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Lehmustie 12 b, 20720 Turku, Finland. Tel.: +358 40 744 5052; fax: +358 9 4744 8788.
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  • Mauri Marttunen

      Affiliations

    • National Institute for Health and Welfare, Department for Mental Health and Services for Substance Abuse, Helsinki, Finland
    • University of Helsinki and Department of Adolescent Psychiatry, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
    • ,
  • Hasse Karlsson

      Affiliations

    • University of Helsinki, Department of Psychiatry, Helsinki, Finland
    • ,
  • Jaakko Kaprio

      Affiliations

    • National Institute for Health and Welfare, Department for Mental Health and Services for Substance Abuse, Helsinki, Finland
    • University of Helsinki, Department of Public Health, Helsinki, Finland
    • Institute of Molecular Medicine, Helsinki, Finland
    • ,
  • Aro Hillevi

      Affiliations

    • National Institute for Health and Welfare, Department for Mental Health and Services for Substance Abuse, Helsinki, Finland

Received 27 February 2009; received in revised form 19 June 2009; accepted 19 June 2009.

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PII: S0165-0327(09)00285-7

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2009.06.025

Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 122, Issue 1 , Pages 96-101, April 2010

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