Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders Among Children of Different Ethnic Origin |
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Authors: | Barbara W C Zwirs Huibert Burger Tom W J Schulpen Martin Wiznitzer Hans Fedder Jan K Buitelaar |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Paediatrics, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands;(2) School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Burg. Oudlaan 50, room L6-34, P.O. Box 1738, NL-3000, DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands;(3) Julius Centre for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands;(4) Department of Epidemiology and Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands;(5) Justice Department, Netherlands Institute of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;(6) Ambulatory Care Institutions, Middelburg, The Netherlands;(7) Department of Psychiatry, and Academic Centre for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | The present study assesses the population prevalence of DSM-IV disorders among native and immigrant children living in low
socio-economic status (SES) inner-city neighborhoods in the Netherlands. In the first phase of a two-phase epidemiological
design, teachers screened an ethnically diverse sample of 2041 children aged 6–10 years using the Strengths and Difficulties
Questionnaire (SDQ). In the second phase, a subsample of 253 children was psychiatrically examined, while their parents were
interviewed. In addition, teachers completed a short questionnaire about 10 DSM-IV items. Prevalence was estimated using the
best-estimate diagnosis based on parent, child and teacher information. Projected to the total population, 11% of the children
had one or more impairing psychiatric disorders, which did not differ between native and non-native children. In the total
group a clear relationship was observed between the prevalence of psychiatric disorders and gender, parental psychopathology,
peer problems and school problems, but not among all ethnic groups separately. This study suggests that the prevalence of
psychiatric disorders among non-treated minority and native children in low SES inner-city neighborhoods does not materially
differ. However, associated mechanisms may be influenced by ethnicity. |
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Keywords: | Prevalence Psychiatric disorders Ethnicity |
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