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Prevalence of psychiatric disorders in a Brazilian birth cohort of 11-year-olds
- Source :
- Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology. 45(1)
- Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- To estimate the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in preadolescents aged 11-12 years from a birth cohort in a southern Brazilian city.This is a cross-sectional investigation nested in a cohort study with a two-phase design: screening and diagnosis. In the screening phase, 4,452 preadolescents and their mothers were interviewed with the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). In the diagnostic phase, all preadolescents with a positive SDQ (n = 122) and their mothers answered the Development and Well-Being Assessment for Children and Adolescents (DAWBA). A sample randomly selected among the cohort participants with a negative SDQ served as a control group (158 subjects and their mothers) and was also assessed using the DAWBA.After adjustment for the performance of the screening instrument, 10.8% (95% CI 7.1-14.5) of the preadolescents showed at least one psychiatric disorder according to either the DSM-IV or the ICD-10. The most prevalent disorders were disruptive behavior (prevalence rates were 8.5% according to the DSM-IV and 7.1% according to the ICD-10) and anxiety disorders (prevalence rates were 6.0% according to the DSM-IV and 6.2% according to the ICD-10).Both overall and individual prevalence rates of psychiatric disorders found in this study are in the same range of other international studies, although slightly higher than findings from developed countries. The results corroborate previous findings from other epidemiological studies in children and adolescents suggesting the universality of psychiatric disorders across cultures.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Health (social science)
Social Psychology
Adolescent
Urban Population
Epidemiology
Prevalence
Child and adolescent
Cohort Studies
International Classification of Diseases
Surveys and Questionnaires
medicine
Humans
Psychiatry
Child
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
business.industry
Developed Countries
Mental Disorders
Age Factors
Anxiety Disorders
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Psychiatry and Mental health
Cross-Sectional Studies
Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
Anxiety
medicine.symptom
Birth cohort
business
Brazil
Cohort study
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14339285
- Volume :
- 45
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5821e356222e5c6cafea9ea4b275d710