TY - JOUR
T1 - The NIMH Epidemiologic Catchment Area Program
T2 - Historical Context, Major Objectives, and Study Population Characteristics
AU - Regier, Darrel A.
AU - Myers, Jerome K.
AU - Kramer, Morton
AU - Robins, Lee N.
AU - Blazer, Dan G.
AU - Hough, Richard L.
AU - Eaton, William W.
AU - Locke, Ben Z.
PY - 1984/10
Y1 - 1984/10
N2 - The National Institute of Mental Health multisite Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA) program is described in the context of four previous psychiatric epidemiologic surveys that Included a combined total of 4,000 subjects from Stirling County, the Baltimore Morbidity Study, Midtown Manhattan, and the New Haven third-wave survey. The ECA program is distinguished by its sample size of at least 3,500 subjects per site (about 20,000 total); the focus on Diagnostic interview Schedule-defined DSM-III mental disorders; the one-year reinterview-based longitudinal design to obtain incidence and service use data; the linkage of epidemiologic and health service use data; and the replication of design and method in multiple sites. Demographic characteristics of community and sample populations are provided for New Haven, Conn, Baltimore, and St Louis.
AB - The National Institute of Mental Health multisite Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA) program is described in the context of four previous psychiatric epidemiologic surveys that Included a combined total of 4,000 subjects from Stirling County, the Baltimore Morbidity Study, Midtown Manhattan, and the New Haven third-wave survey. The ECA program is distinguished by its sample size of at least 3,500 subjects per site (about 20,000 total); the focus on Diagnostic interview Schedule-defined DSM-III mental disorders; the one-year reinterview-based longitudinal design to obtain incidence and service use data; the linkage of epidemiologic and health service use data; and the replication of design and method in multiple sites. Demographic characteristics of community and sample populations are provided for New Haven, Conn, Baltimore, and St Louis.
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U2 - 10.1001/archpsyc.1984.01790210016003
DO - 10.1001/archpsyc.1984.01790210016003
M3 - Article
C2 - 6089692
AN - SCOPUS:0021188136
SN - 0003-990X
VL - 41
SP - 934
EP - 941
JO - Archives of general psychiatry
JF - Archives of general psychiatry
IS - 10
ER -