title: Sex and Age Differences in Psychiatric Disorders among Children and Adolescents: High-Risk Students Study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aims of the present study are to investigate the rate of the psychiatric disorders in psychiatrically high-risk children and adolescents and to examine sex and age differences in the diagnosis of psychiatric disorders.
  
  
  METHODS
  The participants included students aged 6-16 from the 27 elementary and the 45 middle schools in Busan, Korea. We screened psychopathology using the Korean version of Child Behavior Checklist (K-CBCL) or the Youth Self Report (K-YSR). A total of 2,912 students were selected as high-risk students on the basis of cut-off scores (T-score ≥60) for a total behavior problem score of K-CBCL/K-YSR. Of these high-risk students, 1,985 students participated in and completed individual diagnostic interviews. Psychiatric diagnosis was assessed using a Korean version of the Kiddie-Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was conducted to examine sex and age differences of psychiatric diagnosis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Based on sex, boys were more likely to have ADHD and girls were more likely to have depression. Based on age, children were more likely to have ADHD and adolescents were more likely to have affective disorder, conduct disorder, psychotic disorder, and anxiety disorders except separation anxiety disorder.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This is the largest study to conduct face-to-face interviews with subjects and parent(s) among Korean studies in this field. The present study revealed significant differences across sex and age among specific psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. Future population-based studies will be required to ascertain the sex- and age-related differences of psychiat prevalence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jae Hong
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Young Rong
authors.initials: YR
authors.lastname: Bang
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Chul Kwon
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Kim
keywords: Adolescent; Age; Child; Epidemiology; Psychiatric diagnosis; Sex
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