Generalized anxiety disorder: Prevalence, predictors, and comorbidity in children and adolescents

Mohammadi, Mohammad Reza; Pourdehghan, Parandis; Mostafavi, Seyed‐Ali; Hooshyari, Zahra; Ahmadi, Nastaran; Khaleghi, Ali

doi:10.1016/j.janxdis.2020.102234

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“…This study showed that the rate of GAD was 37.4%. It is much higher thanthat reported in literature (2.6 %) (7) . This variation might be attributed the current instability, wide spread of violence, poverty and the failure of the education and health systems are severely undermined the well-being of Iraqis, especially children.…”

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder among Preschool Children in Baghdad, Iraq

Eman A. Al-Kaseer

2021

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ackground: generalized anxiety disorder is a mental health disorder manifested by a lot of worry with no real cause and more intense than situation need. Few publications on anxiety among preschool anxiety in Iraq.Objective: to report on generalized anxiety disorder among preschool children in Iraq (prevalence and determinant factors).Methods: A total 423 preschool children was included in the study. They were recruited from 4 public and 4 private kindergartens. They were selected randomly from Al-Rusafa Al-Thania Education directorate (one out 3 directorates in Al-Rusafa). Spence Child Anxiety Scale-parent version was used to assess the anxiety.Results: Generalized anxiety disorder was observed in 37.4% of children. Among the ages 4, 5, and 6 years, generalized anxiety disorder was observed in 37.2%, 35% and 4.3%, respectively. Rate of the disorder among males was 34.2% and among females was 40.2%. In public kindergartens the rate of the disorder was significantly higher (43%)than in private ones (31.6%). In low, middle and high socioeconomic status the rate of disorder were 57.7%, 29.2% and 34.4%, respectively. Paternal and maternal educational levels were significantly affecting the rate of generalized anxiety disorder (p = 0.003 and 0.009, respectively). The rate of the disorder among preschool children cared by one parent was significantly higher (86.6%) than those cared by both parents (27.4%) (p=0.0001).Conclusion: A high prevalence of generalized anxiety disorder among preschool children was observed. Private kindergarten showed lower rate of the disorder than the public ones.

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder among Preschool Children in Baghdad, Iraq

Eman A. Al-Kaseer

2021

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“…Additionally, female adolescents are particularly vulnerable to mental health disorders. Previous studies showed that the prevalence of depression, anxiety (Canals et al, 2019;Mohammadi et al, 2020;Preeti et al, 2017;Sandal et al, 2017) and general stress (Preeti et al, 2017;Razia, 2016) remain higher among female adolescents compared to male adolescents. Early identification of adolescent depression and anxiety along with the identification of factors that are likely to affect the onset and severity of depression and anxiety are the first steps for providing quality and early interventions in this vulnerable age group (Ghandour et al, 2019).…”

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“…Depression and anxiety are major mental health concerns among adolescents and a constant challenge facing mental health reforms worldwide (World Health Organization [WHO], 2020). Depression and anxiety are prevalent among adolescents and rates vary across countries and cultures with rates ranging between 4% and 89% for depression (AlBuhairan et al, 2015;Awad Bashir et al, 2019;Bala´zs et al, 2013;Ghandour et al, 2019;Moeini et al, 2019;Sandal et al, 2017;Sharma & Choulagai, 2019) and between 2.6% and 80% for anxiety (AlBuhairan et al, 2015;Awad Bashir et al, 2019;Bala´zs et al, 2013;Georgiades et al, 2019;Ghandour et al, 2019;Mohammadi et al, 2020;Sandal et al, 2017;Sharma & Choulagai, 2019).…”

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“…There are several factors that increase adolescent vulnerability to depression and anxiety including being older (Ghandour et al, 2019;Mohammadi et al, 2020;Sandal et al, 2017;Tang et al, 2019), having poorer physical health (Abou Abbas & AlBuhairan, 2017;Ghandour et al, 2019), higher academic pressure (Sharma & Choulagai, 2019), and poor academic performance (Latiff et al, 2016;Tang et al, 2019). Additionally, female adolescents are particularly vulnerable to mental health disorders.…”

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Depression and anxiety among school adolescent females: A national study from Jordan

AlAzzam

AL-Sagarat

Razeq

et al. 2021

School Psychology International

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Depression and anxiety are major mental health concerns among adolescent females within the school community and inflect many implications for psychological service providers in schools. The aims of this descriptive correlational study are to estimate the prevalence of anxiety and depression among high school adolescent females in Jordan, and to determine the contributing factors associated with depression and anxiety. Data were collected using self-report questionnaires from a clustered stratified sample of 405 high school females attending public schools in Jordan. Severe levels of depression and anxiety were reported by 25.7% and 21% of high school adolescent females, respectively. Education challenges and having a history of health problems contributed to having higher levels of depression and anxiety among the high school adolescent females. School mental health services regarding adolescent females mental health should be activated and supported through policies and legislation in Jordan.

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“…Análises adicionais sugeriram um possível contágio de sintomas de ansiedade entre melhores amigos recíprocos quando as características negativas percebidas da amizade eram altas. Mohammadi et al (2020) mostraram uma taxa significativa de transtorno de ansiedade generalizada ao longo da vida de um indivíduo, com alguns preditores significativos, incluindo idade, sexo, história materna de hospitalização psiquiátrica, educação da mãe e residência. Os participantes com esses fatores de risco tinham entre 0,23-2,91 vezes mais probabilidade de apresentar transtorno de ansiedade generalizada.…”

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Rêgo¹,

Oliveira²,

Ferreira³

2022

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O objetivo deste artigo foi avaliar as principais causas da ansiedade em crianças e discutir os tratamentos mais atuais. Foi feita uma revisão integrativa da literatura. Este tipo de estudo é importante pois permite, através da revisão e interpretação dos dados, expandir os conhecimentos teóricos, além de auxiliar e orientar investigações futuras sobre o tema explorado. A busca dos artigos foi realizada nas bases de dados eletrônica Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) e Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE via PubMed). Para a busca, foram realizadas duas pesquisas, com diferentes combinações. Na primeira, foram utilizadas as palavraschave "ansiedade", "crianças" e "etiologia" ou "anxiety", "children" e "etiology". Já na segunda pesquisa, foi usada a combinação: "ansiedade", "crianças" e "tratamento" ou "anxiety", "children" e "treatment". Em ambas as pesquisas, as palavras-chave foram unidas pelo agente booleano AND, no modo avançado de busca. Os critérios de inclusão foram estudos publicados na íntegra nos últimos 5 anos (2016 a 2021), em português ou inglês. Foram excluídas revisões de literatura, estudos incompletos, escritos em outras línguas e que não abordassem especificamente a temática buscada. Como resultados observamos que as causas da ansiedade em crianças envolvem diversos fatores, incluindo a predisposição genética e fatores sociais. Já em relação ao tratamento de transtornos de ansiedade em crianças, é possível observar que terapias cognitivas estão entre os principais métodos de tratamento dessa condição. Essas metodologias podem ser consideradas como eficazes tratamentos de baixo custo para crianças com transtornos de ansiedade e, sua implementação no atendimento clínico de rotina deve contribuir para reduzir a lacuna atual entre a demanda e a disponibilidade de intervenções baseadas em evidências.

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Generalized anxiety disorder: Prevalence, predictors, and comorbidity in children and adolescents

Cited by 42 publications

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder among Preschool Children in Baghdad, Iraq

Generalized Anxiety Disorder among Preschool Children in Baghdad, Iraq

Depression and anxiety among school adolescent females: A national study from Jordan

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