title: The School Children Mental Health in Europe (SCMHE) Project: Design and First Results.
abstract: Background : The School Children Mental Health in Europe (SCMHE) project aims to build up a set of indicators to collect and monitor children's mental health in an efficient and comparable methodology across the EU countries. It concerns primary schools children aged 6 to 11 years a range where few data are available whereas school interventions are promising. Methods : Three informants were used: parents, teachers and children. In selecting instruments language, instruments were selected according to the easiness to translate them: SDQ (Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire) for parents and teachers and DI (Dominic Interactive). A two-step procedure was used: schools randomization then six children by class in each grade. Results : 9084 children from seven countries (Italy, Netherlands, Germany, Romania, Bulgaria, Lithuania, and Turkey) completed the Dominic Interactive in their own language. 6563 teachers and 6031 parents completed their questionnaire, and a total of 5574 interviews have been completed by the 3 informants. The participation rate of the children with parents in the participating schools was about 66.4%. As expected teachers report more externalised problems and less internalised problems than parents. Children report more internalised problems than parents and teachers. Boys have consistently more externalised problems than girls and this is the reverse for internalised problems. Combining the diverse informants and impairment levels children with problems requiring some sort of mental health care were about 9.9%: 76% did not see any mental health professional: 78.7% In Eastern countries 63.1% in Western Europe.
authors.affiliation: EHESP Rennes, Sorbonne Paris Cite, EA 4057 Paris Descartes University, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Viviane
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kovess
authors.affiliation: Centro di Psichiatria di Consulenza e Psicosomatica Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Cagliari.
authors.forename: Mauro Giovanni
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Carta
authors.affiliation: EHESP Rennes, Sorbonne Paris Cite, EA 4057 Paris Descartes University, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Ondine
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Pez
authors.affiliation: The Romanian League for Mental Health, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Adina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bitfoi
authors.affiliation: Yeniden Health and Education Society, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ceren
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Koç
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychology, University of Koblenz-Landau (Campus Koblenz), Koblenz, Germany.
authors.forename: Dietmar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Goelitz
authors.affiliation: Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Rowella
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kuijpers
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Vilnius, Vilnius, Lithuania.
authors.forename: Sigita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lesinskiene
authors.affiliation: New Bulgarian University, Sofia Bulgaria.
authors.forename: Zlatka
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mihova
authors.affiliation: Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Roy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Otten
keywords: Children; Europe; dominique interactive; epidemiological survey; mental health; strengths and difficulties questionnaire
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