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The increasing prevalence of reported diagnoses of childhood psychiatric disorders: a descriptive multinational comparison
European child & adolescent psychiatry, v 24(2), 173
01 Feb 2015
PMID: 24796725
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Abstract
The objective of this study is to compare the time trend of reported diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), hyperkinetic disorder, Tourette's syndrome, and obsessive-compulsive disorder across four countries after standardizing the study period, diagnostic codes used to define the conditions and statistical analyses across countries. We use a population-based cohort, including all live-born children in Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Western Australia, from January 1, 1990, through December 31, 2007 and followed through December 31, 2011. The main outcome measure is age-specific prevalence of diagnoses reported to population-based registry systems in each country. We observe an increase in age-specific prevalence for reported diagnoses of all four disorders across birth-year cohorts in Denmark, Finland, Sweden, and (for ASD) Western Australia. Our results highlight the increase in the last 20 years in the number of children and families in contact with health care systems for diagnosis and services for an array of childhood neuropsychiatric disorders, a phenomenon not limited to ASD. Also, the age of diagnosis of the studied disorders was often much higher than what is known of the typical age of onset of symptoms, and we observe limited leveling off in the incidence rate with increasing
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- Title
- The increasing prevalence of reported diagnoses of childhood psychiatric disorders: a descriptive multinational comparison
- Creators
- Hjordis O. Atladottir - Aarhus University HospitalDavid Gyllenberg - Columbia UniversityAmanda Langridge - The Kids Research Institute AustraliaSven Sandin - Karolinska InstitutetStefan N. Hansen - Aarhus UniversityHelen Leonard - The Kids Research Institute AustraliaMika Gissler - University of TurkuAbraham Reichenberg - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiDiana E. Schendel - Aarhus UniversityJenny Bourke - The Kids Research Institute AustraliaChristina M. Hultman - Karolinska InstitutetDorothy E. Grice - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiJoseph D. Buxbaum - Allen Institute for Brain ScienceErik T. Parner - Aarhus University
- Publication Details
- European child & adolescent psychiatry, v 24(2), 173
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 11
- Grant note
- 572742 / Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC); National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia Disability Services Commission for the IDEA Database MR/K006525/1 / MRC; UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Medical Research Council UK (MRC) R56MH097849 / National Institutes of Health of the USA; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA MR/K006525/1 / Medical Research Council; UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Medical Research Council UK (MRC); European Commission Foundation for Pediatric Research in Finland 572568 / NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship; National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia R155-2014-1724 / Lundbeck Foundation; Lundbeckfonden Sigrid Juselius Foundation R56MH097849 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Finnish Medical Foundation
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- A.J. Drexel Autism Institute
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000351005600006
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84908026637
- Other Identifier
- 991021229903704721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Pediatrics
- Psychiatry
- Psychology, Developmental