Frequency, Comorbidity, and Psychosocial Impairment of Depressive Disorder in Adolescents  

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Essau, Cecilia A. ; Petermann, Franz ; Conradt, Judith

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Adolescent Research (http://jar.sagepub.com/) vol. 15 no. 4 (Jul. 2000), page 470-481.
Topik: frequency; frequency; comorbidity; psychosocial; depressive disorders; adolescents
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The frequency, comorbidity, and psychosocial impariement of depressive disorders among adolescents were estimated form a survey of 1,035 students aged 12 to 17 years. The adolescents were randomly selected from 36 schools in the province of bremen, germany. Depressive disorders and other psychiatric diorders were coded based on DSM - IV criteria using the computerized munich version of the compsoite international diagnostic interview. A high proportion of our adolescnets met the lifetime criteria for depressive disorders according to DSM - IV criteria, with a rate of 17,9%. Depressive disorders were significantly higher in females than in males. The rates for all of disorders increased with age, with the greatest increase occuring mostly between the ages of 14 and 15, such increase was more prominent in females than in males. Our results imply the importance of identifying depressive disorders in adolescent and the need for preventive and intervention strategies.

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