The Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS) 2007 is the third survey of psychiatric morbidity among adults living in private households. It was carried out by the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) in collaboration with the University of Leicester, and was commissioned by The NHS Information Centre for health and social care.
The main aim of the 2007 survey was to collect data on mental health among adults aged 16 and over living in private households in England. It is the primary source of information on the prevalence of both treated and untreated psychiatric disorders and their associations: data which cannot be obtained from other sources. Each chapter of this report focuses on a different mental disorder or behaviour, including prevalence amongst various demographic characteristics.
Problem gambling is discussed in Chapter 11 of this report. Problem gambling was measured using DSM-IV diagnostic criteria. The survey found 0.7% of respondents met the criteria for problem gambling, and 0.3% met the criteria for probable pathological gambling. Data on past year gambling behaviour and treatment and services use are also presented.
The data from this report are made available through the UK Data Service.
