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Prevalence of depression, anxiety, and obsessive–compulsive disorders among secondary school students in Menoufia Governorate, Egypt / |
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قطاع الدراسات الطبية / صحه المجتمع والصحه العامه |
| تخصص البحث : صحه المجتمع والصحه العامه |
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Menoufia Medical Journal / / Vol. 25, No. 2 - July 2012 |
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ربيع الدسوقى البهنســى |
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anxiety, depression, epidemiology, obsessive–compulsive disorder, secondary school
students |
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Objectives
The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of depression, anxiety,
and obsessive–compulsive disorders among secondary school students and to assess
the comorbidities of these disorders.
Background
Any type of mental illness can have a negative impact on cognitive development and
learning and involves a very high cost to both the individual and society. Anxiety and
depression can be considered reliable indicators for the assessment of mental illness
in a community.
Participants and methods
from a total of 83 635 secondary school students in Menoufia Governorate during the
academic year 2010–2011, using a multistage random sampling technique, a sample
of 1373 students was selected and surveyed from March 2011 to April 2012 by
means of the Beck Depression Inventory, 2nd ed., the Costello–Comrey Anxiety Scale,
and the Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder Scale, all of which were answered by the
participants. Those with scores higher than the cutoff values were interviewed by a
psychiatrist for the final clinical diagnosis on the basis of the Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th ed. criteria.
Results
The prevalence of depressive symptoms was 21.5% for mild, 7.1% for moderate,
and 0% for severe depression in this study group. The total prevalence of depressive
symptoms was 28.6%, and the prevalence of depressive disorders was 11.3%.
The prevalence of anxiety symptoms was 41.2% and that for anxiety disorders was
21%. The prevalence of obsessive–compulsive symptoms was 15.8% and that
of obsessive–compulsive disorder was 2.7%. Comorbidities of mental disorders were
common.
Conclusion
According to these findings, the high rate of mental disorders among adolescents
in our community calls for more attention from the family and educational and health
institutes. Comorbidities associated with mental disorders are common. In addition,
assessment using screening is recommended. |
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