The Epidemiology of Depression and Anxiety in Children and Adolescents

Is the prevalence of ADHD in Turkish elementary school children really high?

“…This and other studies suggested that ADHD is a very frequent child mental health disorder in different culture. The increased prevalence of ADHD in boys is well established [38]. Rates of ADHD in recent studies in children consistently show a male preponderance of ADHD as follows: 11.6 % in boys and 5.4 % in girls [36], and 15.1 % in boys and 6.7 % in girls [12].…”

The Mental Health in Austrian Teenagers (MHAT)-Study: preliminary results from a pilot study

“…Ihle and Esser [2] as well compared 19 results from 9 countries between 1970 and 2000, presenting a mean prevalence of 18 % (6.8-37.4 %). A review concentrating on results from more recent studies in Great Britain and the United States between 2000 and 2007 including children and adolescents between 5 and 17 years summarized that one person in four suffered from a psychiatric disorder during the past year and even one out of three throughout the whole life [14]. A review including 29 studies in Germany between 1949 and 2003 presented an overall prevalence rate of 17.2 % for emotional and behavioral disorders [15].…”

“…Anxiety disorders are the most common disorders, followed by behavior (conduct disorders and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), mood and substance use disorders [2,7,14].…”

“…There are variations in the findings of prevalence rates in epidemiologic studies due to methodological differences [14], like different definitions, criteria, methods, age groups and sources of information [13]. Still, there is strong evidence for behavioral and emotional problems and mental disorders in a large amount of adolescents.…”

Community and Treatment Engagement for Depressed African American Youth: The AAKOMA FLOA Pilot

“…lower odds of providing consent, OR = 0.67, particularly for those recruited via media advertisement, OR = 0.54) (May et al, 2007). Regarding mental health treatment, while more than 75% of all psychiatrically impaired youth receive no mental health care; ''African American youth in particular receive significantly less mental health specialty care, demonstrate lower treatment completion rates (33.5 vs. 45.1% respectively) and in some instances receive 50% less time in treatment overall than their white peers'' (Alegria, Carson, Goncalves, & Keefe, 2011;Breland-Noble, Bell, Morgan-Lopez, Williams, & Curry, 2011, p 39;Garland et al, 2005;Merikangas, Nakamura, & Kessler, 2009;Wu et al, 2001).…”