Mental Disorders in Adolescents

ERICA: prevalence of common mental disorders in Brazilian adolescents.

OBJECTIVE To describe the prevalence of common mental disorders in Brazilian adolescent students, according to geographical macro-regions, school type, sex, and age. METHODS We evaluated 74,589 adolescents who participated in the Cardiovascular Risk Study in Adolescents (ERICA), a cross-sectional, national, school-based study conducted in 2013-2014 in cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants. ...

Epidemiology of mental disorders in children and adolescents

This article provides a review of the magnitude of mental disorders in children and adolescents from recent community surveys across the world. Although there is substantial variation in the results depending upon the methodological characteristics of the studies, the findings converge in demonstrating that approximately one fourth of youth experience a mental disorder during the past year, and...

Treatment of mental disorders for adolescents in Mexico City.

OBJECTIVE This study describes the prevalence, adequacy and correlates of 12-month mental health service use among participants in the Mexican Adolescent Mental Health Survey. METHODS The authors conducted face-to-face household surveys of a probability sample of 3005 adolescents aged 12-17 years residing in the Mexico City metropolitan area during 2005. The prevalence of mental health disord...

Child Abuse and Mental Disorders in Iranian Adolescents

BACKGROUND Child abuse is a serious social health problem all over the world with important adverse effects. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to extend our understanding of the relation between mental disorders and child abuse. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was designed as a cross-sectional survey on 700 students in secondary schools using multiple cluster sampling in Yazd, Iran in 20...

Adolescents with Mental Disorders: The Efficacy of a Multiprofessional Approach