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In providing a historical perspective on the lifetime rates of psychiatric disorders estimated in the Epidemiologic Catchment Area study and the National Comorbidity Survey, Regier et al¹ state that " . . . rates had ranged . . . to highs of . . . 81.5% in midtown Manhattan, NY." A precise and useful summary was provided by Regier et al² as follows:

It is important to note that the objectives and designs of each survey were quite different (each using different definitions of a case and different case-finding methods) and that the age groups on which the rates were based were quite different. Thus, the rates for each area were as follows: . . . Midtown Manhattan, 81% of the population 20 to 59 years of age had symptom formation that was mild to severely incapacitating, and 23.4% of persons in this age range were substantially impaired.

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