Course and outcome of anxiety disorders in adolescents
Course and outcome of anxiety disorders in adolescents
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DOI:
10.1016/s0887-6185(01)00091-3
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发表时间:
2002-01-01
影响因子:
10.3
通讯作者:
Petermann, F
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作者:
Essau, CA;Conradt, J;Petermann, F
The aim of this article was to examine the course and outcome of anxiety disorders in German adolescents. Anxiety and other psychiatric disorders were coded based on DSM-IV criteria using the computerized Munich version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview. About 22.6% of the adolescents who fulfilled DSM-fV criteria of any current anxiety disorders at the index investigation (T I) continued to have anxiety at the follow-up investigation (T2), 17.7% had depression, 27.4% somatoform, 6.5% substance use disorders, and 41.9% had no disorders. The factors that were significantly associated with the persistence of anxiety disorders included older age, presence of sornatoform and substance use disorders, as well as a high number of negative life events at the T1-interview. Adolescents with "chronic" compared to "transcient" anxiety disorders and those without any disorders were significantly more impaired in various life domains. Despite these high levels of psychosocial impairment, only a few of them did seek professional help in the last 12 months before the T2-interview. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.