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Incorrect Wave 4 ReportingTo the Editor We have discovered an error in our questionnaire underlying the analyses of the article titled "Accuracy of Reports of Lifetime Mental and Physical Disorders: Results From the Baltimore Epidemiological Catchment Area Study." 1 The error was discovered internally in the process of reviewing the questionnaire for each wave. We found that the wave 4 lifetime diagnoses for obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, social phobia, and alcohol use disorder were based on reports of these disorders since wave 3 and not the whole lifetime. This has likely led to some underreporting of lifetime disorders at wave 4. However, the substantive results of the study are valid because the cumulative lifetime prevalence estimates at wave 3 for most of these disorders were significantly larger than the prevalence estimates based on wave 3 lifetime reports alone. The wave 4 lifetime diagnoses for other disorders covered the whole lifetime.The primary data for all waves, the data analysis, and the data presented throughout the article were reviewed but remained unaltered. The article was corrected to clarify this error. 2