title: Anxiety and depression in teenage mothers: a comparative study.
abstract: A cross-sectional design study was done at a non-private ward at Rajvithi Hospital from June to August 1995 to determine the prevalence of anxiety and depressive state in Thai teenage mothers (< or = 18 years old) compared with adult control mothers (20-35 years old). We found that 15 per cent of teenage mothers and 12 per cent of adult control mothers had anxiety state. Twenty-three per cent of teenage mothers and 11.9 per cent of adult control mothers had depressive state. There was a significantly higher prevalence rate of depression in teenage mothers compared to adult control mothers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Psychiatry, Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Piyasil
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000523:psychology*; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011897:Random Allocation; D012307:Risk Factors; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology