School-based screening for psychiatric disorders in Moroccan-Dutch youth

Chinese Medicine

Wim Veling¹  Theo Doreleijers³  Barbara Zwirs⁴  Lieke van Domburgh⁵  Marcia Adriaanse² 

[1] Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, 9700 RB, The Netherlands;Parnassia Academy, Parnassia Psychiatric Institute, Oude Parklaan 123, Castricum, 1901 ZZ, The Netherlands;Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, VU Medical Centre, Duivendrecht, 1115 ZG, The Netherlands;Department of Criminology, Leiden University, Steenschuur 25, Leiden, 2311 ES, The Netherlands;Department of Research and Development, Intermetzo, Zutphen, 7200 AB, The Netherlands

关键词: Internalizing disorders;    Externalizing disorders;    Cross-cultural;    Adolescents;    Children;    Questionnaires;    Screening;   

Others  :  1220368
DOI  :  10.1186/s13034-015-0045-8

 received in 2015-02-11, accepted in 2015-05-04,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

While ethnic diversity is increasing in many Western countries, access to youth mental health care is generally lower among ethnic minority youth compared to majority youth. It is unlikely that this is explained by a lower prevalence of psychiatric disorders in minority children. Effective screening methods to detect psychiatric disorders in ethnic minority youth are important to offer timely interventions.

Methods

School-based screening was carried out at primary and secondary schools in the Netherlands with the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) self report and teacher report. Additionally, internalizing and psychotic symptoms were assessed with the depressive, somatic and anxiety symptoms scales of the Social and Health Assessment (SAHA) and items derived from the Kiddie-Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (K-SADS). Of 361 Moroccan-Dutch youths (ages 9 to 16 years) with complete screening data, 152 children were diagnostically assessed for psychiatric disorders using the K-SADS. The ability to screen for any psychiatric disorder, and specific externalizing or internalizing disorders was estimated for the SDQ, as well as for the SAHA and K-SADS scales.

Results

Twenty cases with a psychiatric disorder were identified (13.2 %), thirteen of which with externalizing (8.6 %) and seven with internalizing (4.6 %) diagnoses. The SDQ predicted psychiatric disorders in Moroccan-Dutch youth with a good degree of accuracy, especially when the self report and teacher report were combined (AUC = 0.86, 95 % CI = 0.77-0.94). The SAHA scales improved identification of internalizing disorders. Psychotic experiences significantly predicted psychiatric disorders, but did not have additional discriminatory power as compared to screening instruments measuring non-psychotic psychiatric symptoms.

Conclusions

School-based screening for psychiatric disorders is effective in Moroccan-Dutch youth. We suggest routine screening with the SDQ self report and teacher report at schools, supplemented by the SAHA measuring internalizing symptoms, and offering accessible non-stigmatizing interventions at school to children scoring high on screening questionnaires. Further research should estimate (subgroup-specific) norms and optimal cut-offs points in larger groups for use in school-based screening methods.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Adriaanse et al.; licensee BioMed Central.

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