title: Comorbidity between disruptive disorders and depression in referred adolescents.
abstract: Parent questionnaires from large Australian (N = 2093) and American (N = 500) clinic cohorts of adolescents were used to diagnose depression, attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity, and oppositional and conduct disorders. Co-occurrence of diagnoses was very high. Comorbidity between depression and conduct disorder was not higher than that expected for any psychiatric disorder (odds ratios = 1.20 and 1.45 respectively for each cohort) while comorbidity between attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity and oppositional disorder was higher than expected (odds ratios = 7.03 and 9.02) but comparable to that between conduct and oppositional disorder (odds ratios = 7.35 and 6.14). Co-occurrence of depression with other disorders did not increase the likelihood of comorbid conduct disorder.
authors.affiliation: University of Sydney, New South Wales.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rey
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000453:epidemiology; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D015897:Comorbidity; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015588:Observer Variation; D015995:Prevalence; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index