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First psychiatric hospitalizations in the US military: the National Collaborative Study of Early Psychosis and Suicide (NCSEPS)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2006

RICHARD HERRELL ,
IOLINE D. HENTER ,
RAMIN MOJTABAI ,
JOHN J. BARTKO ,
DIANE VENABLE ,
EZRA SUSSER ,
KATHLEEN R. MERIKANGAS  and
RICHARD J. WYATT
RICHARD HERRELL
Affiliation:
Section on Developmental Genetic Epidemiology, Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, NIMH, NIH, DHHS
IOLINE D. HENTER
Affiliation:
Section on Developmental Genetic Epidemiology, Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, NIMH, NIH, DHHS Neuropsychiatry Branch, NIMH, NIH, DHHS
RAMIN MOJTABAI
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
JOHN J. BARTKO
Affiliation:
Neuropsychiatry Branch, NIMH, NIH, DHHS
DIANE VENABLE
Affiliation:
Neuropsychiatry Branch, NIMH, NIH, DHHS
EZRA SUSSER
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
KATHLEEN R. MERIKANGAS
Affiliation:
Section on Developmental Genetic Epidemiology, Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, NIMH, NIH, DHHS
RICHARD J. WYATT
Affiliation:
Neuropsychiatry Branch, NIMH, NIH, DHHS
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Abstract

Background. Military samples provide an excellent context to systematically ascertain hospitalization for severe psychiatric disorders. The National Collaborative Study of Early Psychosis and Suicide (NCSEPS), a collaborative study of psychiatric disorders in the US Armed Forces, estimated rates of first hospitalization in the military for three psychiatric disorders: bipolar disorder (BD), major depressive disorder (MDD) and schizophrenia.

Method. First hospitalizations for BD, MDD and schizophrenia were ascertained from military records for active duty personnel between 1992 and 1996. Rates were estimated as dynamic incidence (using all military personnel on active duty at the midpoint of each year as the denominator) and cohort incidence (using all military personnel aged 18–25 entering active duty between 1992 and 1996 to estimate person-years at risk).

Results. For all three disorders, 8723 hospitalizations were observed in 8120136 person-years for a rate of 10·7/10000 [95% confidence interval (CI) 10·5–11·0]. The rate for BD was 2·0 (95% CI 1·9–2·1), for MDD, 7·2 (95% CI 7·0–7·3), and for schizophrenia, 1·6 (95% CI 1·5–1·7). Rates for BD and MDD were greater in females than in males [for BD, rate ratio (RR) 2·0, 95% CI 1·7–2·2; for MDD, RR 2·9, 95% CI 2·7–3·1], but no sex difference was found for schizophrenia. Blacks had lower rates than whites of BD (RR 0·8, 95% CI 0·7–0·9) and MDD (RR 0·8, 95% CI 0·8–0·9), but a higher rate of schizophrenia (RR 1·5, 95% CI 1·3–1·7).

Conclusions. This study underscores the human and financial burden that psychiatric disorders place on the US Armed Forces.

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Psychological Medicine , Volume 36 , Issue 10 , October 2006 , pp. 1405 - 1415
Copyright
2006 Cambridge University Press

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