Gender differences in comorbidity of conduct disorder among adolescents in Northern Finland
Autor: | Pirkko Räsänen, and Study workgroup, Risto Ilomäki, Essi Ilomäki, Helinä Hakko |
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Přispěvatelé: | Clinicum, HUS Psychiatry |
Rok vydání: | 2012 |
Předmět: |
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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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