The prevalence of childhood psychopathology in Turkey: a cross-sectional multicenter nationwide study (EPICPAT-T). (17th February 2019)

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• Authors: Ercan, Eyup Sabri; Polanczyk, Guilherme; Akyol Ardıc, Ulku; Yuce, Deniz; Karacetın, Gul; Tufan, Ali Evren; Tural, Umit; Aksu, Hatice; Aktepe, Evrim; Rodopman Arman, Ayşe; Başgül, Senem; Bılac, Oznur; Coşkun, Murat; Celık, Gonca Gul; Karakoc Demırkaya, Sevcan; Dursun, Burak Onur; Durukan, İbrahim; Fidan, Tülin; Perdahlı Fiş, Neşe; Gençoğlan, Salih; Gökçen, Cem; Görker, Işık; Görmez, Vahdet; Gündoğdu, Özlem Yıldız; Gürkan, Cihat Kaan; Hergüner, Sabri; Tural Hesapçıoğlu, Selma; Kandemir, Hasan; Kılıç, Birim Günay; Kılınçaslan, Ayse; Mutluer, Tuba; Nasiroğlu, Serhat; Özel Özcan, Özlem; Öztürk, Mücahit; Öztop, Didem; Yalın Sapmaz, Sermin; Süren, Serkan; Şahin, Nilfer; Yolga Tahıroglu, Aysegul; Toros, Fevziye; Ünal, Fatih; Vural, Pınar; Perçinel Yazıcı, İpek; Yazıcı, Kemal Utku; Yıldırım, Veli; Yulaf, Yasemin; Yüce, Murat; Yüksel, Tuğba; Akdemir, Devrim; Altun, Hatice; Ayık, Başak; Bilgic, Ayhan; Hekim Bozkurt, Özlem; Demirbaş Çakır, Emine; Çeri, Veysi; Üçok Demir, Nagehan; Dinç, Gülser; Irmak, Mustafa Yasin; Karaman, Dursun; Kınık, Mehmet Fatih; Mazlum, Betül; Memik, Nursu Çakın; Foto Özdemir, Dilşad; Sınır, Hayati; Ince Taşdelen, Bedia; Taşkın, Beril; Uğur, Çağatay; Uran, Pınar; Uysal, Taciser; Üneri, Özden; Yilmaz, Savas; Seval Yılmaz, Sultan; Açıkel, Burak; Aktaş, Hüseyin; Alaca, Rümeysa; Alıç, Betül Gül; Almaidan, Mahmut; Arı, Fatma Pınar; Aslan, Cihan; Atabay, Ender; Ay, Merve Günay; Aydemir, Hilal; Ayrancı, Gülseda; Babadagı, Zehra; Bayar, Hasan; Çon Bayhan, Pelin; Bayram, Özlem; Dikmeer Bektaş, Neşe; Berberoğlu, Kıvanç Kudret; Bostan, Recep; Arıcı Canlı, Merve; Cansız, Mehmet Akif; Ceylan, Cansın; Coşkun, Neşe; Coşkun, Seyma; Çakan, Yasemin; Demir, İbrahim; Demir, Nuran; Yıldırım Demirdöğen, Esen; Doğan, Büşra; Dönmez, Yunus Emre; Dönder, Funda; Efe, Ayşegül; Eray, Şafak; Erbilgin, Seda; Erden, Semih; Ersoy, Elif Gökçe; Eseroğlu, Tuğba; Kına Fırat, Sümeyra; Eynallı Gök, Ezgi; Güler, Gülen; Güles, Zafer; Güneş, Serkan; Güneş, Adem; Günay, Gülay; Gürbüz Özgür, Börte; Güven, Gökçen; Çelik Göksoy, Şeyda; Horozcu, Havvana; Irmak, Ayşe; Işık, Ümit; Kahraman, Özlem; Kalaycı, Bilge Merve; Karaaslan, Umut; Karadağ, Mehmet; Kılıc, Hilal Tuğba; Kılıçaslan, Fethiye; Kınay, Duygu; Kocael, Ömer; Bulanık Koç, Esra; Kadir Mutlu, Rahime; Lushi-Şan, Zejnep; Nalbant, Kevser; Okumus, Nilüfer; Özbek, Fatih; Akkuş Özdemir, Fatma; Özdemir, Hanife; Özkan, Selçuk; Yıldırım Özyurt, Esra; Polat, Berna; Polat, Hatice; Sekmen, Ebru; Sertçelik, Mehmet; Sevgen, Feyza Hatice; Sevince, Oğuz; Süleyman, Funda; Shamkhalova, Ülker; Eren Şimşek, Nurcan; Tanır, Yaşar; Tekden, Mehmet; Temtek, Seyhan; Topal, Melike; Topal, Zehra; Türk, Tuğba; Uçar, Halit Necmi; Uçar, Filiz; Uygun, Duygu; Uzun, Necati; Vatansever, Zeynep; Yazgılı, Neslihan Gökçe; Miniksar Yıldız, Dilşat; Yıldız, Nazike;
• Is Part Of: Nordic journal of psychiatry. Volume 73:Number 2(2019)
• Page Start: 132
• Page End: 140
• Publication Date: 2019-02-17
• Subjects: Psychiatric -- mental -- psychopathology -- prevalence -- epidemiology -- Turkey; Psychopharmacology -- Periodicals; Psychotherapy -- Periodicals; Psychiatry -- Periodicals; Psychiatry -- Scandinavia -- Periodicals; 616.89
• DOI: 10.1080/08039488.2019.1574892
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0803-9488

Abstract

Abstract: Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of childhood psychopathologies in Turkey. Method: A nation-wide, randomly selected, representative population of 5830 children (6–13 years-old) enrolled as a 2nd, 3rd or 4th grade student in 30 cities were evaluated for presence of a psychiatric or mental disorder by a Sociodemographic Form, Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School Age Children-Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL), and DSM-IV-Based Screening Scale for Disruptive Behavior Disorders in Children and Adolescents scales. Impairment criterion was assessed via a 3 point-Likert scale by the parent and the teacher independently. Results: Overall prevalence of any psychopathology was 37.6% without impairment criterion, and 17.1% with impairment criterion. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder was the most frequent diagnosis, followed by anxiety (19.5% and 16.7% without impairment, 12.4% and 5.3% with impairment, respectively). Lower education level and presence of a physical or psychiatric problem of the parents were independent predictors of any psychopathology of the offspring. Conclusion: This is the largest and most comprehensive epidemiological study to determine the prevalence of psychopathologies in children and adolescents in Turkey. Our results partly higher than, and partly comparable to previous national and international studies. It also contributes to the literature by determining the independent predictors of psychopathologies in this age group.