Katholiki Georgiades

TL;DR: Estimates of the lifetime prevalence of DSM-IV mental disorders with and without severe impairment, their comorbidity across broad classes of disorder, and their sociodemographic correlates are presented to provide the first prevalence data on a broad range of mental disorders in a nationally representative sample of U.S. adolescents.

TL;DR: Examination of rates and sociodemographic correlates of lifetime mental health service use by severity, type, and number of DSM-IV disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey-Adolescent Supplement foundmarked racial disparities in lifetime rates of mental health treatment highlight the urgent need to identify and combat barriers to the recognition and treatment of these conditions.

TL;DR: Assessment of the prevalence, persistence, and sociodemographic correlates of commonly occurring DSM-IV disorders among adolescents in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement suggests that disorder persistence is due more to episode recurrence than to chronicity of child-adolescent onset disorders.

TL;DR: These findings provide further support for hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysregulation among maltreated youth and may assist in understanding the vulnerability of maltreatment youth to experience physical and mental health problems.

TL;DR: There are inextricable links among different strategies for improving child health and that policy planners, associating benefits with these strategies, must take into account the strong moderating impact of national context.