Gender differences in comorbidity of conduct disorder among adolescents in Northern Finland

Autor: Pirkko Räsänen, and Study workgroup, Risto Ilomäki, Essi Ilomäki, Helinä Hakko
Přispěvatelé: Clinicum, HUS Psychiatry
Rok vydání: 2012
Předmět:
Male
Health (social science)
Epidemiology
Poison control
CHILDREN
SURVEY REPLICATION
0302 clinical medicine
ALLERGIC DISEASES
gender
Medicine
Original Research Article
Suicidal ideation
Finland
Conduct disorder
gender
adolescence
comorbidity
Mental Disorders
PSYCHIATRIC-DISORDERS
PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
ASSOCIATION
General Medicine
3142 Public health care science
environmental and occupational health
PREVALENCE
3. Good health
Hospitalization
comorbidity
Conduct disorder
Major depressive disorder
Female
medicine.symptom
MENTAL-HEALTH
Psychopathology
Clinical psychology
medicine.medical_specialty
lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
Adolescent
lcsh:RC955-962
03 medical and health sciences
Sex Factors
Interview
Psychological
Injury prevention
Humans
Psychiatry
conduct disorder
business.industry
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
medicine.disease
OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT
Mental health
Comorbidity
030227 psychiatry
ASTHMA
adolescence
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Zdroj: International Journal of Circumpolar Health
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol 71, Iss 0, Pp 1-8 (2012)
International Journal of Circumpolar Health; Vol 71 (2012)
ISSN: 2242-3982
1797-237X
1239-9736
Popis: Objectives: Conduct disorder (CD) refers to a pattern of severe antisocial and aggressive behaviour manifested in childhood or adolescence, with heavy costs to society. Though CD is a common psychiatric diagnosis among adolescents of both genders, gender differences in comorbidity of CD have been little studied. In this study we examined gender differences among adolescents with CD in causes for hospitalization, comorbid psychiatric diagnoses and somatic conditions. Study design: The original study sample consisted of 508 inpatient adolescents in Northern Finland (age 12-17); 155 of them (65 girls, 92 boys) fulfilled the DSM-IV criteria for CD. Methods: Diagnosis of CD and psychiatric comorbidities were obtained from the K-SADS-PL and somatic conditions from the EuropAsi. Results: As compared to boys with CD, suicidality (including suicidal ideation and behaviour) was significantly more commonly the cause of hospitalization among girls with CD (43% vs. 24%, p =0.013). Among somatic conditions, there was a significant predominance in self-reported allergies among girls (60% vs. 25%, p
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