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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
Published in: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 1/2018

Open Access 01-12-2018 | Research article

Global burden of mental disorders among children aged 5–14 years

Authors: Marie Laure Baranne, Bruno Falissard

Published in: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health | Issue 1/2018

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Abstract

Background

The global burden of disease (GBD) study provides information about fatal and non-fatal health outcomes around the world.

Methods

The objective of this work is to describe the burden of mental disorders among children aged 5–14 years in each of the six regions of the World Health Organisation. Data come from the GBD 2015 study. Outcomes: disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) are the main indicator of GBD studies and are built from years of life lost (YLLs) and years of life lived with disability (YLDs).

Results

Mental disorders are among the leading causes of YLDs and of DALYs in Europe and the Americas. Because of the importance of infectious diseases, mental disorders appear marginal in Africa for YLLs although they play an important role in YLDs there. Because the epidemiological transition that has taken place in Europe and the Americas (i.e., a switch from acute and infectious conditions to chronic and mental health issues) is likely to happen sooner or later across the entire planet, mental health problems in youth are likely to become one of the main public health challenges of the twenty-first century.

Conclusion

These results should improve health care if policy-makers use them to develop health policies to meet the real needs of populations (especially children) today.
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Metadata
Title
Global burden of mental disorders among children aged 5–14 years
Authors
Marie Laure Baranne
Bruno Falissard
Publication date
01-12-2018
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health / Issue 1/2018
Electronic ISSN: 1753-2000
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-018-0225-4

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