Prevalence rate of DSM mental disorders among adolescents living in residential group homes of the French Child Welfare System

Guillaume Bronsard, Christophe Lançon, Anderson Loundou, Pascal Auquier, Marcel Rufo and Marie-Claude Siméoni

Children and Youth Services Review, 2011, vol. 33, issue 10, 1886-1890

Abstract: Purpose To determine the prevalence of some major mental disorders among adolescents living in a residential group home and the distribution of these disorders by gender.Method The participants included 183 adolescents (13-17Â years old) living in residential group homes of the Child Welfare System in the county of Bouches-du-Rhône (South of France). A structured psychiatric Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children was used to assess the existence of Anxiety Disorder (AD), Major Depression (MD), Conduct Disorder (CD), Eating Disorder (ED), Enuresia (En), Psychosis Screen (PS) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) among the study participants over the six-month period before the assessment was taken. The existence of Suicide Attempts (SA) during the lifetime of each child was also assessed.Results Of the youths qualified, 48.6% as having at least one psychiatric disorder during the last six months (AD: 28.4%; CD: 15.3%; MD: 14.8%; PS: 18.6%; ADHD: 3.8%), and SA have been reported in 23% of them. Females were more affected than boys (pÂ

Keywords: Adolescent; Prevalence; Psychiatric; disorder; French; Child; welfare; system; Residential; group; home (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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