Epidemiology of mental health conditions

Question 1

What is a DALY?

Answer 1

disability adjusted life year
measure of overall burden of disease - adds years of life lost due to early death and years spent living with a disability or ill health together

Question 2

What does CMD stand for?

Answer 2

common mental disorders
typically dealt with in primary care

Question 3

What is the CIS-R score and what is it used for?

Answer 3

clinical interview schedule - revised
score for severity of non-psychotic mental symptoms

Question 4

What questionnaire is used to evaluate alcohol use?

Answer 4

AUDIT-C

Question 5

Risk factors for suicide

Answer 5

male
younger age
social factors - previously in care as child, imprisonment, separation, bereavement, unemployment, lower socioeconomic status
mental illness - previous episode of deliberate self harm
physical illness
access to means (doctors, vets, pharmacists, dentists, farmers)