title: [Prevalence and follow-up of psychiatric disorders in childhood and adolescence. Results of a prospective epidemiologic longitudinal study from ages 8-18 years].
abstract: In a prospective longitudinal epidemiological study with assessments at age 8, 13 and 18 the prevalence rate for psychiatric disorders remained constant at about 16%. The sex ratio for severe disorders was male dominated even in adolescence, which was a consequence of the high rate of unsocialized disturbances of conduct in boys. Persistence of psychiatric disorders between age 13 and 18 was about 50%, as had previously been the case between age 8 and 13. One child in four suffered from a psychiatric disorder for at least 10 years. In childhood, conduct disorders had a very poor prognosis and emotional disorders a very good one. In adolescence, the course of disorders depended on an interaction between diagnosis and gender. Boys with unsocialized disturbances and girls with emotional problems had a poor prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrische Klinik, Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit, Mannheim.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Esser
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Blanz
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fätkenheuer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fritz
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koppe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Laucht
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rensch
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rothenberger
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D010553:Personality Development; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors
vernacular_title: Prävalenz und Verlauf psychischer Störungen im Kindes- und Jugendalter. Ergebnisse einer prospektiven epidemiologischen Längsschnittstudie von 8-18 Jahren.