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The mental health of young people in Australia: key findings from the child and adolescent component of the national survey of mental health and well‐being
Michael G. Sawyer,Fiona Arney,Peter A. Baghurst,Jennifer J. Clark,Brian Graetz,Robert Kosky,Barry Nurcombe,George C Patton,Margot Prior,Beverley Raphael,Joseph M. Rey,Leanne Whaites,Stephen R. Zubrick +12 more
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Child and adolescent mental health problems are an important public health problem in Australia and the appropriate balance between funding provided for clinical interventions focusing on individual children and families and funding for interventions that focus on populations, requires careful study.Abstract:
Objective: To identify the prevalence of three mental disorders (Depressive Disorder, Conduct Disorder and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder), the prevalence of mental health problems, the health-related quality of life of those with problems, and patterns of service utilisation of those with and without mental health problems, among 4–17-year-olds in Australia. To identify rates of health-risk behaviours among adolescents with mental health problems.Method: The mental disorders were assessed using the parent-version of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children Version IV. Parents completed the Child Behaviour Checklist to identify mental health problems and standard questionnaires to assess healthrelated quality of life and service use. The Youth Risk Behaviour Questionnaire completed by adolescents was employed to identify health-risk behaviours.Results: Fourteen percent of children and adolescents were identified as having mental health problems. Many of those with mental health problems ha...read more
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Annual Research Review: A meta-analysis of the worldwide prevalence of mental disorders in children and adolescents
Guilherme V. Polanczyk,Giovanni Abrahão Salum,Giovanni Abrahão Salum,Luisa S. Sugaya,Arthur Caye,Luis Augusto Rohde,Luis Augusto Rohde +6 more
TL;DR: The findings suggest that mental disorders affect a significant number of children and adolescents worldwide and the pooled prevalence estimates and the identification of sources of heterogeneity have important implications to service, training, and research planning around the world.
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Perceived barriers and facilitators to mental health help-seeking in young people: a systematic review
TL;DR: Strategies for improving help-seeking by adolescents and young adults should focus on improving mental health literacy, reducing stigma, and taking into account the desire of young people for self-reliance.
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Socioeconomic inequalities and mental health problems in children and adolescents: A systematic review
TL;DR: The included studies indicated that the theoretical approaches of social causation and classical selection are not mutually exclusive across generations and specificmental health problems; these processes create a cycle of deprivation and mental health problems.
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10-Year Research Update Review: The Epidemiology of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders: I. Methods and Public Health Burden
TL;DR: There is mounting evidence that many, if not most, lifetime psychiatric disorders will first appear in childhood or adolescence and methods are now available to monitor youths and to make early intervention feasible.
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Is there an epidemic of child or adolescent depression
TL;DR: There is no evidence for an increased prevalence of child or adolescent depression over the past 30 years when concurrent assessment rather than retrospective recall is used and public perception of an 'epidemic' may arise from heightened awareness of a disorder that was long under-diagnosed by clinicians.
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NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children Version IV (NIMH DISC-IV): Description, Differences From Previous Versions, and Reliability of Some Common Diagnoses
TL;DR: The NIMH DISC-IV is an acceptable, inexpensive, and convenient instrument for ascertaining a comprehensive range of child and adolescent diagnoses.