Mental Disorders Among Leading Causes of Illness in Children Worldwide

16th April, 2018

20 April 2018, Newsletter, School Psych

[Source: Science Daily]

While global rates of mental disorders in children have remained stable over time, the decline of infectious diseases will place mental disorders among the main causes of disease in children aged 4-15 years according to a study published in the open access journal Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health.

Marie-Laure Baranne and Bruno Falissard at INSERM, France described the prevalence of mental disorders among children aged 5-14 years in each of the six regions of the World Health Organisation — Africa, the Americas, South-East Asia, Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean, and the West Pacific Region. They found that even in emerging regions, the prevalence of mental disorders is high and constant over time.

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