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.

协作精神病学流行病学调查（CPES）的启动，是对当前关于普通人群中精神疾病分布、相关性及风险因素的综合性流行病学数据需求的认可，特别是对少数族裔群体的关注。CPES的主要目标是收集关于精神疾病流行情况、与这些疾病相关的功能障碍及其治疗模式的数据，这些数据来源于美国多数族裔和少数族裔成年人群的代表性样本。次要目标包括获取有关语言使用和种族差异、支持系统、歧视与融合等方面的信息，以探究各种心理健康疾病与社交文化问题之间的联系及其紧密程度。为此，CPES联合了三项全国代表性调查：国家共病调查复制（NCS-R）、美国生活调查（NSAL）和国家拉丁美洲及亚洲美国人研究（NLAAS）。这些调查共同提供了首次具有足够统计效力的全国数据，用以研究文化及种族因素对精神疾病的影响。通过这种方式，CPES允许分析者将综合数据集的分析视为一个单一的国家代表性调查。CPES的每一项调查都以全面灵活的方式进行了记录，促进了关键数据和科学构念在跨调查中的关联。