1. PARENTAL REPORTS OF SYMPTOMS OF CHILDHOOD DISORDERS IN DUTCH CHILDREN.
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Scholte, Evert M., Van Berckelaer-Onnes, Ina A., Van der Ploeg, Jan D., and Van den Bergh, Peter M.
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ADJUSTMENT disorders in children , *SOCIAL phobia in children , *PARENTS of children with disabilities , *DEPRESSION in children , *ANXIETY in children , *AFFECTIVE disorders , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *HUMAN behavior - Abstract
The number of children displaying childhood disorders in the Netherlands is estimated through a questionnaire referencing DSM-IV symptoms filled out by the parents of 2,563 4- 18-year-old Dutch children randomly taken from the general Dutch Youth population in 2004. The number of impaired children was estimated by applying the DSM-IV criteria for impairment by symptoms. It was found that 14% of all Dutch children display developmental difficulties, with 8% at risk of moderate behavioral and emotional difficulties and 6% at risk of a childhood psychiatric disorder. These prevalence figures based upon parental observations of DSM-IV symptoms in children are in agreement with the findings of other studies estimating psychiatric disorders in childhood in Western countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008