Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 10 , Pages 980-989, October 2010

Lifetime Prevalence of Mental Disorders in U.S. Adolescents: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication–Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A)

  • Kathleen Ries Merikangas, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Genetic Epidemiology Research Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Dr. Kathleen Ries Merikangas, National Institute of Mental Health, Genetic Epidemiology Research Branch, Building 35, Room 1A201, 35 Convent Drive, MSC #3720, Bethesda, MD 20892
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  • Jian-ping He, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Genetic Epidemiology Research Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health
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  • Marcy Burstein, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Genetic Epidemiology Research Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health
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  • Sonja A. Swanson, Sc.M.

      Affiliations

    • Genetic Epidemiology Research Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health
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  • Shelli Avenevoli, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Developmental Translational Research, National Institute of Mental Health
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  • Lihong Cui, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Genetic Epidemiology Research Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health
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  • Corina Benjet, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente, Mexico
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  • Katholiki Georgiades, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • McMaster University
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  • Joel Swendsen, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • National Scientific Research Center (CNRS), Bordeaux, France

Accepted 2 June 2010. published online 02 August 2010.

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 The National Comorbidity Survey Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A) and the larger program of related NCS surveys are supported by the National Institute of Mental Health (U01-MH60220) and the National Institute of Drug Abuse (R01 DA016558) with supplemental support from Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Grant 044708), and the John W. Alden Trust. The NCS-A was carried out in conjunction with the World Health Organization World Mental Health Survey Initiative.

 This work was supported by the Intramural Research Program of the National Institute of Mental Health. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and should not be construed to represent the views of any of the sponsoring organizations, agencies, or U.S. Government.

 Disclosure: Drs. Merikangas, Burstein, Avenevoli, Benjet, Georgiades, and Swendsen, and Ms. He, Ms. Swanson, and Ms. Cui report no biomedical financial interests or potential conflicts of interest.

PII: S0890-8567(10)00476-4

doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2010.05.017

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 10 , Pages 980-989, October 2010

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