The prevalence of major depressive and bipolar disorders in Hungary

In order to estimate the prevalence of affective disorders in Hungary a sample of the Hungarian adult population (18–64 years) selected at random was interviewed using the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS) which generated DSM-III-R diagnoses. The lifetime rate for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) was 15.1%, and for Bipolar Disorders (BD) 5.1%. The female-to-male ratio was 2.7 for MDD and nearly equal for BD. The 1-year and 1-month period...