Course and outcome of somatoform disorders in non-referred adolescents.
The author examined the course of somatoform disorders in non-referred adolescents. Somatoform disorders were coded from DSM-IV criteria, using the computerized Munich (Germany) version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview. About 35.9% of the adolescents with somatoform disorders at the index investigation continued to have the same disorders at the follow-up investigation: 26.7% had anxiety, 17.1% had depression, 22% had substance-use disorders, and 53.7% had no psychiatric disorders. Factors related to the chronicity of somatoform disorders included gender, comorbid depressive disorders, parental psychiatric disorders, and negative life events. Somatoform disorders showed a heterogeneous pattern of course.
Essau
Cecilia A
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School of Human and Life Sciences, Roehampton University, Whitelands College, London, UK. C.Essau@roehampton.ac.uk
D000293:Adolescent; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015897:Comorbidity; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology