@article {kessler_prevalence_2012,
	title = {Prevalence, persistence, and sociodemographic correlates of DSM-IV disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement},
	journal = {Archives of General Psychiatry},
	volume = {69},
	number = {4},
	year = {2012},
	month = {apr},
	pages = {372{\textendash}380},
	abstract = {CONTEXT: Community epidemiological data on the prevalence and correlates of adolescent mental disorders are needed for policy planning purposes. Only limited data of this sort are available. OBJECTIVE: To present estimates of 12-month and 30-day prevalence, persistence (12-month prevalence among lifetime cases and 30-day prevalence among 12-month cases), and sociodemographic correlates of commonly occurring DSM-IV disorders among adolescents in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement. DESIGN: The National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement is a US national survey of DSM-IV anxiety, mood, behavior, and substance disorders among US adolescents based on face-to-face interviews in the homes of respondents with supplemental parent questionnaires. SETTING: Dual-frame household and school samples of US adolescents. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 10,148 adolescents aged 13 to 17 years (interviews) and 1 parent of each adolescent (questionnaires). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The DSM-IV disorders assessed with the World Health Organization Composite International Diagnostic Interview and validated with blinded clinical interviews based on the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children. Good concordance (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve \&gt;=0.80) was found between Composite International Diagnostic Interview and Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children diagnoses. RESULTS: The prevalence estimates of any DSM-IV disorder are 40.3\% at 12 months (79.5\% of lifetime cases) and 23.4\% at 30 days (57.9\% of 12-month cases). Anxiety disorders are the most common class of disorders, followed by behavior, mood, and substance disorders. Although relative disorder prevalence is quite stable over time, 30-day to 12-month prevalence ratios are higher for anxiety and behavior disorders than mood or substance disorders, suggesting that the former are more chronic than the latter. The 30-day to 12-month prevalence ratios are generally lower than the 12-month to lifetime ratios, suggesting that disorder persistence is due more to episode recurrence than to chronicity. Sociodemographic correlates are largely consistent with previous studies. CONCLUSIONS: Among US adolescents, DSM-IV disorders are highly prevalent and persistent. Persistence is higher for adolescents than among adults and appears to be due more to recurrence than chronicity of child-adolescent onset disorders.},
	keywords = {Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Demography, Disease Progression, Female, Health Surveys, Humans, Male, Mental Disorders, Prevalence, Socioeconomic Factors, United States},
	issn = {1538-3636},
	doi = {10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.160},
	author = {Ronald C. Kessler and Avenevoli, Shelli and Costello, E. Jane and Georgiades, Katholiki and Green, Jennifer Greif and Gruber, Michael J. and He, Jian-ping and Koretz, Doreen and McLaughlin, Katie A. and Petukhova, Maria and Sampson, Nancy A. and Zaslavsky, Alan M. and Merikangas, Kathleen Ries}
}
