Psychiatric morbidity, somatic comorbidity and substance use in an adolescent psychiatric population at 3-year follow-up.

ABSTRACT: Knowledge is scarce on the course of psychiatric disorders in adolescence. We aimed to assess changes in the frequency of psychiatric disorders, somatic disorders, pain, and substance use in a clinical psychiatric cohort from adolescence to young adulthood. This study is part of the Health Survey in Department of Children and Youth, St. Olavs Hospital, Norway. At age 13-18 years, 717 (43.5% of eligible) participated in the first study visit (T₁) in 2009-2011, 549 were reassessed 3 years later with telephone interview (T₂), and 464 had diagnostic evaluation at both time points. Data included: ICD-10 diagnoses (T₁), DSM-IV diagnoses (T₂), self-reported pain and substance use (T₁ and T₂). The overall rate of psychiatric disorde

SUBMITTER: Gardvik KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8295167 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature