Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders Among Children and Adolescents in the East Azerbaijan Province, Tabriz, Iran in 2017
Shahrokh Amiri , Mohammad Reza Mohammadi , Nastaran Ahmadi , Ali Khaleghi , Sanaz Nourouzi , Vahab Asl Rahimi , Mostafa Farahbakhsh * , Azam Hemmati , Salman Abdi , SamadMoharrami , Masoud Karimi , Maryam Mabaszamani , Nasim Samadzade , Siamak Fathollahi , Tahere Imani , Sarvin Ansar , Sina Ahmadian Fard , Mohammad Tahmasebpur , Zeynab Poorabasi , Nader Ebadi
This study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of mental disorders in children and adolescents in east Azerbaijan, Tabriz, Iran.
A total of 1036 children and adolescents between the ages of 6 - 18 were selected with cluster sampling in Tabriz city. Measurements of mental disorders were done according to the semi-structured K-SADS scale. Data were gathered by trained clinical psychologists and were analyzed by SPSS V. 16. The prevalence of mental disorders was presented with percent (95% CI) and the significance level was considered as 0.05.
The prevalence of any mental disorder in children and adolescents were 24.9%. The measure in boys and girls were 25.4 and 24.9, respectively. A total of 27.4% of 6 - 9 years old, 23.9% of 10 - 14 year olds, and 23.5% of 15 - 18 year olds had suffered from at least one mental disorder. Themost common disorders, respectively, were enuresis, ADHD, specific phobia, separation anxiety disorder. Panic disorder, social phobia, specific phobia, and agoraphobia occurred more in girls more than boys, while conduct disorder occurred more in boys.
The results of this study showed that one in four children and adolescents had at least one mental disorder. Thus, considering the fact that the beginning of mostmental disorders were not until adolescence years and continuation to adulthood, it is necessary that appropriate interventions were designed and executed. Wemust define cost effective services for early case findings and treatment of mental disorders in the regional health system.
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