%0 Journal Article
%A Gaber, Tilman Jakob
%A Bouyrakhen, Samira
%A Herpertz-Dahlmann, Beate
%A Hagenah, Ulrich
%A Holtmann, Martin
%A Freitag, Christine Margarete
%A Wöckel, Lars
%A Poustka, Fritz
%A Zepf, Florian Daniel
%T Migration background and juvenile mental health: a descriptive retrospective analysis of diagnostic rates of psychiatric disorders in young people
%J Global health action
%V 6
%N  
%@ 1654-9880
%C Järfälla
%I Co-Action Publishing
%M FZJ-2015-04325
%P 20187
%D 2013
%X Introduction: This article presents diagnostic rates for specific mental disorders in a German pediatric inpatient population over a period of 20 years with respect to migration background and socioeconomic status (SES).Methods: Diagnostic data were obtained over a period of 20 years from 8,904 patients who visited a child and adolescent psychiatry mental health service in Germany. Data from 5,985 diagnosed patients (ICD-9 and ICD-10 criteria) were included with respect to gender, migration background, and SES.Results: Migration- and gender-specific effects were found for both periods of assessment. The group of boys with a migration background showed significantly higher rates of reactions to severe stress, adjustment disorders, and posttraumatic stress disorder compared to their male, non-migrant counterparts. Conversely, boys without a migration background showed a significantly higher percentage rate of hyperkinetic disorders than male migrants. Similar results were found for female migrants in the latter assessment period (ICD-10). In addition, female migrants showed lower rates of emotional disorders whose onset occurs in childhood compared to their non-migrant counterparts.Conclusions: Data from this investigation provide preliminary evidence that the prevalence of various psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents is influenced by migration background and SES.
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%U <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000320597600001
%R 10.3402/gha.v6i0.20187
%U https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/202036