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P-259 - Prevalence of Adolescent Depression in Europe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

J. Balazs ,
M. Miklósi ,
Á. Keresztény ,
A. Apter ,
J. Bobes ,
R. Brunner ,
P. Corcoran ,
D. Cosman ,
C. Haring  and
J.-P. Kahn
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J. Balazs
Affiliation:
Vadaskert Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital Institute of Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University
M. Miklósi
Affiliation:
Semmelweis University, School of Ph.D. Studies Heim Pál Paediatric Hospital, Budapest, Hungary
Á. Keresztény
Affiliation:
Vadaskert Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital Semmelweis University, School of Ph.D. Studies
A. Apter
Affiliation:
Feinberg Child Study Center, Schneider Children's Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
J. Bobes
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Oviedo, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, CIBERSAM, Oviedo, Spain
R. Brunner
Affiliation:
Section Disorders of Personality Development, Clinic of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
P. Corcoran
Affiliation:
National Suicide Research Foundation, Cork, Ireland
D. Cosman
Affiliation:
Clinical Psychology Department, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
C. Haring
Affiliation:
Research Division for Mental Health, University for Medical Information Technology (UMIT), Innsbruck, Austria
J.-P. Kahn
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Centre Hospitalo, Universitaire (CHU) de Nancy, Université H. Poincaré, Nancy, France
V. Postuvan
Affiliation:
Mental Health Department, PINT, University of Primorska, Primorska, Slovenia
F. Resch
Affiliation:
Section Disorders of Personality Development, Clinic of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
A. Varnik
Affiliation:
Estonian Swedish Mental Health &Suicidology Institute, Tallinn, Estonia
M. Sarchiapone
Affiliation:
Department of Health Sciences, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy
C. Hoven
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
C. Wasserman
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
V. Carli
Affiliation:
National Swedish Prevention of Mental III-Health and Suicide (NASP), Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
D. Wasserman
Affiliation:
National Swedish Prevention of Mental III-Health and Suicide (NASP), Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

Abstract

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Background:

According to previous studies the prevalence of adolescent depression is 4–8% both in the USA and Europe. the aim of the current study was to investigate the prevalence of adolescent depression separately in several European countries.

Method:

Data were drawn from the Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe (SEYLE) study, which included 11 countries (Austria, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Israel, Romania, Slovenia and Spain) and Sweden served as the coordinating centre. Depression was measured by the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II). Adolescents with a score of 20 or greater on the BDI-II were defined as depressed. Multiple imputations were conducted to address missing data.

Results:

Out of 14,115 students who consented to participate, finally 12,395 adolescents (5,568 (44.92%) boys and 6,827 (55.08%) girls) were enrolled into the study. the mean age of the students was 14.81 years (SD = .83). Significant differences were detected in the ratio of non-depressed and depressed adolescents among countries (χ2(20) = 385.352 p = .000). the prevalence of depressed adolescents ranged from 7.1% to 19.4%. the prevalence of depressed adolescents according to country in increasing order is: Hungary: 7.1%, Austria: 7.6%, Romania: 7.6%, Estonia: 7.9%, Ireland: 8.5%, Spain: 8.6%, Italy: 9.2%, Slovenia: 11.4%, Germany: 12.9%, France: 15.4%, Israel: 19.4%.

Conclusion:

Based on a screening tool our data underlines the importance of taking account country specific prevalence rates of adolescent depression.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 27 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 20th European Congress of Psychiatry , 2012 , pp. 1
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2012
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