Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys (CPES), 2001-2003 [United States]

The Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys (CPES) were initiated in recognition of the need for contemporary, comprehensive epidemiological data regarding the distributions, correlates and risk factors of mental disorders among the general population with special emphasis on minority groups. The primary objective of the CPES was to collect data about the prevalence of mental disorders, impairments associated with these disorders, and their treatment patterns from representative samples of majority and minority adult populations in the United States. Secondary goals were to obtain information about language use and ethnic disparities, support systems, discrimination and assimilation, in order to examine whether and how closely various mental health disorders are linked to social and cultural issues. To this end, CPES joins together three nationally representative surveys: the NATIONAL COMORBIDITY SURVEY REPLICATION (NCS-R), the NATIONAL SURVEY OF AMERICAN LIFE (NSAL), and the NATIONAL LATINO AND ASIAN AMERICAN STUDY (NLAAS). These surveys collectively provide the first national data with sufficient power to investigate cultural and ethnic influences on mental disorders. In this manner, CPES permits analysts to approach analysis of the combined dataset as though it were a single, nationally representative survey. Each of the CPES surveys has been documented in a comprehensive and flexible manner that promotes cross-survey linking of key data and scientific constructs.

协作精神流行病学调查（Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys，CPES）的发起，源于学界对获取当代、全面的流行病学数据的迫切诉求——此类数据需覆盖普通人群中精神障碍的分布特征、相关因素及风险因素，并重点关注少数群体。CPES的核心目标是，从美国多数族裔与少数族裔成年人群的代表性样本中，采集精神障碍患病率、此类障碍伴随的功能损害及其治疗模式相关数据。其次要目标则为获取语言使用、族裔差异、社会支持体系、歧视与同化相关信息，以探究各类精神健康障碍与社会、文化议题之间是否存在关联，以及关联的紧密程度。为此，CPES整合了三项全国代表性调查：全国共病调查复制版（NATIONAL COMORBIDITY SURVEY REPLICATION，NCS-R）、全美生活调查（NATIONAL SURVEY OF AMERICAN LIFE，NSAL）以及全国拉丁裔与亚裔美国人研究（NATIONAL LATINO AND ASIAN AMERICAN STUDY，NLAAS）。上述三项调查共同提供了首批具备足够统计效力的全国性数据，可用于探究文化与族裔因素对精神障碍的影响。通过此种整合方式，研究人员可将合并后的数据集视作一项独立的全国代表性调查开展分析。CPES包含的各项调查均以全面且灵活的方式完成了数据归档，可推动关键数据与科学构念在跨调查间的关联整合。