Prevalence of mental disorders among middle school students in Shaoxing, China

Annals of General Psychiatry

Research

Xiaofei Du¹  Shuangyi Pei²  Shengnan Ma²  Haoqiang Zhang²  Xinyi Cao²  Shuwen Xi²  Linqi Fang²  Yuanchu Li²  Xiaoting Wu²  Weijiang Ye²  Pingping Xu²  Fanghua Zhou² 

[1] Tangshan Vocational and Technical College, Tangshan, China;Zhejiang Rehabilitation Medical Center (Rehabilitation Campus of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University), Hangzhou, China;

关键词: Mental disorder;    Prevalence;    Gender;    Epidemiology;    Obsessive–compulsive disorder;    Major depressive disorder;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12991-023-00463-0

 received in 2023-05-05, accepted in 2023-08-18,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundIn China, adolescents account for about a quarter of those treated for mental disorders each year, and adolescent mental health issues have become a social hotspot. Although several epidemiological surveys of mental disorders have been conducted in China, no study has yet focused on the prevalence of mental disorders among adolescents in a certain region of Zhejiang.MethodsIn the first stage, 8219 middle school students aged 12–18 years in a city of Zhejiang Province (Shaoxing) were screened with the mental health screening checklist. In the second stage, participants who screened positive were tested with the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children and Adolescents (MINI-KID) and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV). Then, the prevalence of mental disorders were calculated.ResultsThe overall prevalence in this population was 12.4%, with prevalence rates exceeding 20% in both the 17- and 18-year-old age groups. The most common mental disorders were obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) (9.1%) and major depressive disorder (MDD) (8.9%).ConclusionsMental disorders are common among middle school students, and girls are at higher risk than boys. As the most prevalent mental disorders, OCD and MDD should receive timely attention, especially for upper grade students.

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