title: What proportion of failure to complete secondary school in the US population is attributable to adolescent psychiatric disorder?
abstract: Using information available from the longitudinal Children in Community Study, population-attributable risk percentage was calculated to estimate the amount of failure to complete secondary school in the United States that is associated with adolescent psychiatric disorder. Over half the adolescents in the United States who fail to complete their secondary education have a diagnosable psychiatric disorder. The proportion of failure to complete school that is attributable to psychiatric disorder is estimated to be 46%. School failure among young persons with psychiatric disorder exacts a large toll from individuals and society.
authors.affiliation: Division of Public Behavioral Health and Justice Policy, University of Washington, 146 N Canal Street, Suite 100, Seattle, WA 98103, USA. annv@u.washington.edu
authors.forename: Ann Vander
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Stoep
authors.forename: Noel S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: Elena Saldanha
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.forename: Doug
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cheney
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004522:Educational Status; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012923:Social Class; D013332:Student Dropouts / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology