Correlates of Mental Disorders in the Quebec General Population of 6 to 14-Year Olds |
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Authors: | Lise Bergeron Jean-Pierre Valla Jean-Jacques Breton Nathalie Gaudet Claude Berthiaume Jean Lambert Marie St-Georges Nicole Smolla |
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Institution: | (1) Rivière-des-Prairies Hospital and Department of Psychiatry, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada;(2) Rivière-des-Prairies Hospital, 7070 Perras Boulevard, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H1E IA4;(3) Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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Abstract: | Previous epidemiological studies of correlates of child and adolescent mental disorders in the general population have focused more on child/adolescent and socioeconomic/sociodemographic characteristics than on family characteristics. Moreover, there are no generally accepted methods to analyze and interpret correlates. The purpose of the Quebec Child Mental Health Survey in this regard was twofold: (1) to identify correlates of DSM-III-R internalizing and externalizing disorders according to informant (youth, parent, teacher), for three age groups (6–8, 9–11, and 12–14 years), including relevant family characteristics not considered in previous studies; and (2) to interpret the relative importance of risk indicators by ranking correlates according to strength and consistency of association across age groups. Logistic regression models suggest the inconsistency of correlates across informants. The ranking of correlates reveals that individual and family characteristics make a more important contribution than do socioeconomic characteristics, thereby supporting the relevance of proximal variables in the development of psychopathology. |
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Keywords: | Correlates internalizing disorders externalizing disorders children adolescents |
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