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What percentage of children and adolescents experience at least one mental health problem prior to adulthood? |
20% or 15 million youths |
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What does ASD stand for? |
Autistic spectrum disorder |
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What does ADHD stand for? |
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder |
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What type of barriers affect treatment? |
Poor recognition of children's psychological problems, limited access to high quality, mental health services, socioeconomical disadvantages, and shortage of mental health professionals trained in evidence-based interventions. |
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What are epidemiologists? |
Scientists who study the prevalence of medical and psychological disorders in the general population. |
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What does prevalence refer to in psychopathology? |
To the percentage of individuals in a given population who have a medical or psychological condition |
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Where do epidemiologists gather their information from? |
Parents, other caregivers, professionals such as psychologists and physicians and teachers. |
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What is point prevalence? |
The percentage of youths with a disorder at a given point in time |
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What is lifetime prevalence? |
The percentage of youths with it disorder at any point in their life. |
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What does incidence refer to? |
To the percentage of new cases of a disorder in a discrete period of time, usually one year. Note that because incidents only refers to new cases of it disorder it is typically a much smaller number than prevalence |
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What does the acronym NHIS stand for? |
National health interview survey |
Interview 12,000 parents in their homes each year |
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What does NYRB stand for? |
National youth risk behavior survey |
Interview 16,000 high school students annually |
