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- Title
The prevalence of DSM-IV psychiatric disorders among 7-10 year old Yemeni schoolchildren.
- Authors
Alyahri A; Goodman R; Alyahri, Abdullah; Goodman, Robert
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>The planning of child mental health services should be based on recent high-quality data on the prevalence and type of mental health disorders, and yet such data are not available in Yemen and many other Arab countries.<bold>Methods: </bold>Representative samples of Yemeni 7-10 year olds (n = 1,210) were assessed using a two-phase design in an urban area and a one-phase design in a rural area. Psychopathology was assessed using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire for screening purposes and the Development and Well-being Assessment to generate psychiatric diagnoses.<bold>Results: </bold>The overall prevalence of DSM-IV disorders was 15.7% in Yemen (95% CI 11.7-20.2%). Anxiety disorders were the commonest diagnostic grouping in Yemen (9.3%, 95% CI = 5.8-12.8%), followed by behavioural disorders (7.1%, 95% CI = 4.4-9.9%) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD; 1.3%, 95% CI = 0.1-2.5%). There were no significant urban-rural differences.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Roughly a sixth of Yemeni schoolchildren have at least one DSM-IV psychiatric disorder, involving a level of distress or social impairment likely to warrant treatment.
- Publication
Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2008, Vol 43, Issue 3, p224
- ISSN
0933-7954
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00127-007-0293-x