Psychiatric disorders among subjects with systemic lupus erythematosus in an unselected population

To access publisher full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field The prevalence of lifetime psychiatric disorders was investigated among all known systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients in Iceland. The participation rate was 81%. Over 49% of the sub...

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Published in:Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology
Main Authors: Lindal, E, Thorlacius, S, Steinsson, K, Stefansson, J G
Other Authors: Department of Psychiatry, National University Hospital, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2010
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
80 and over
Cohort Studies
Female
Humans
Iceland
Lupus Erythematosus
Systemic
Male
Middle Aged
Neurotic Disorders
Phobic Disorders
Prevalence
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2336/112833
https://doi.org/10.3109/03009749509095179
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Summary:To access publisher full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field The prevalence of lifetime psychiatric disorders was investigated among all known systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients in Iceland. The participation rate was 81%. Over 49% of the subjects received a lifetime psychiatric diagnosis. The number of diagnoses per person was 2.3. The most common disorder among those with a disorder was phobia (56%), followed by generalized anxiety (12%). Agoraphobia with and without panic, simple, social phobia, and alcohol abuse were found to be more common among the SLE patients in comparison with a population sample (p < 0.02; p < 0.0001; p < 0.001; p < 0.0001; p < 0.05, respectively). A possible explanation of the high rate of phobia may be related to the nature of clinical disfiguring facial skin rashes which may lead to social withdrawal.

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