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EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS AMONG ADOLESCENTS REFERRED TO CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN CROATIA
Katarina Skopljak
; Ordinacija obiteljske medicine dr. Horvat-Hodžić, Gornja Stubica, Hrvatska
Kristina Stamenković
; Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
Aran Tomac
; HSE MW, UH Limerick, CAMHS Ennis, Irska
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Introduction: Mental health problems are an increasing issue in the society. Considering that over 50% of psychiatric diseases in adults have developed or progressed in time of adolescence, improvement of youth mental health care is a special area of focus, especially in terms of prevention and early diagnosis. GPs often have the opportunity to be the first to recognize a possible mental health problem and refer adolescents to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services if needed. We conducted this study to gain insight in self-assessed mental status of referred adolescents in order to adjust and plan prevention measures in general practice accordingly. The aim was to determine
the most prominent emotional and behavioral problems among adolescents and measures that can be undertaken in terms of prevention and early diagnosis of such problems in general practice.
Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study of non-clinical and clinical (at the point of their first contact with mental health service) sample of 334 adolescents, males N=147, females N=187, aged 14-18, and compared the data on the syndrome scales between two samples and male and female adolescents in every group. We used Youth Self Report (Achenbach & Rescorla, 2001).
Results: There was a significant increase in findings in clinical population compared to non-clinical one in overall results (F(1,330)=107,976; p<,01), with higher results for females (F(1,330)=15,892; p<,01). There is a significant increase in clinical population in all scales: Somatic Complaints, Anxious/Depressed, Social problems, Thought Problems, Withdrawn, Attention Problems, Delinquent Behavior, Aggressive Behavior, Internalizing and Externalizing, with significant interactions of sex and group in some scales.
Conclusion: Emotional and behavioral problems are frequent in referred adolescents. GPs should actively collaborate with mental health professionals to develop activities which would encourage troubled adolescents to approach mental health services earlier and in that way contribute to early diagnosis and prevention of progression of mental disorders.
Ključne riječi
mental health; mental health problems; youth; prevention
Hrčak ID:
218585
URI
Datum izdavanja:
31.12.2018.
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