The prevalence of psychiatric disorders among Vietnamese children and adolescents.
Med J Aust
; 177(8): 413-7, 2002 Oct 21.
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| ID: mdl-12381249
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among Vietnamese children and adolescents living in Perth, Western Australia. DESIGN, PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: A list of Vietnamese households was drawn from Perth telephone directories. A computer program generated a systematic probability sample of households. All children and adolescents aged 9-17 in these households were invited to participate in the study. Children and their parents were interviewed in their home using the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children, version 2.3 (DISC-2.3). The child version (DISC-C) was used for children and the parent version (DISC-P) for adults. The study was conducted between July and December 1997. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The prevalence of psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents, based on DISC-C and DISC-P data. RESULTS: Results were based on the 519 children (89.2%) for whom complete data were available. Twenty-three parents (4.4%) reported that their child had one or more disorders on the DISC-P, 82 children (15.8%) reported one or more disorders on the DISC-C, and 18.3% of children were reported to have a disorder on either the DISC-C or the DISC-P. Parent-child concordance on specific diagnoses was very low (0.6%). The great majority of disorders reported were anxiety disorders, especially simple and social phobias. CONCLUSIONS: The combined prevalence of psychiatric disorders among Vietnamese children aged 9-17 was similar to that found among children in Western Australia's general population. Vietnamese children in our study were much more likely to report symptoms of a psychiatric disorder than were their parents.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Refugiados
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Emigración e Inmigración
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Trastornos Mentales
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Patient_preference
Límite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
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Oceania
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Med J Aust
Año:
2002
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
Pais de publicación:
Australia