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August 1, 2003Archives of General Psychiatry4,088 citations

Prevalence and Development of Psychiatric Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence

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ECE. Jane CostelloSMSarah MustilloAEAlaattin Erkanli

Key Points

  • The study aims to assess the prevalence and developmental patterns of psychiatric disorders in youth.
  • Analyzed data on the prevalence of psychiatric disorders by age 16 years.
  • Compared comorbidity and continuity patterns between genders.
  • The risk of having at least one psychiatric disorder by age 16 is significantly higher than previous estimates.
  • Girls exhibit a greater degree of concurrent comorbidity compared to boys.
  • Homotypic and heterotypic continuity is more pronounced in females.

Abstract

The risk of having at least 1 psychiatric disorder by age 16 years is much higher than point estimates would suggest. Concurrent comorbidity and homotypic and heterotypic continuity are more marked in girls than in boys.

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Costello et al. (2003) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d75ffbef4aa71f97f31000https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.60.8.837
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