Impact of common mental disorders during childhood and adolescence on secondary school completion.
Year: 2009
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: There are few data from South Africa and other low- and middle-income countries on how mental disorders in childhood and adolescence may influence different aspects of socio-economic position, including educational attainment. We examined the association between early-onset disorders and subsequent educational achievement in a nationally representative sample of 4 351 South African adults. After adjusting for participant demographic characteristics and traumatic life events, post-traumatic stress disorder, major depressive disorder and substance-related disorders were each associated with increased odds of failing to complete secondary education (odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals 2.3, 1.0-5.1; 1.7, 1.2-2.5, and 1.7, 1.2-2.5, respectively). These data point to the role that early-life mental disorders may play in educational achievement and subsequent socio-economic position over the life course.
Source: PubMed
Institution: University of Cape Town
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: World Mental Health Consortium Annual Meeting 2003-07, Social Role Disability and Mental-Physical Co-Morbidity, Drug Dependence Epidemiology and Enviromics, CROSS-NATIONAL STUDIES OF DRUG INVOLVEMENT: WMH2000, Trauma, Stress, and Mental Health in South Africa, Risk Factors for Psychopathology in the WHO WMH Surveys, Lebanon-Epidemiology: The NCS Replication Study
OpenAlex ID: W2107597132