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A Modified Trier Social Stress Test for Vulnerable Mexican American Adolescents
Published on: July 10, 2017
[The emergency department: an appropriate place for identifying troubled teens]
C Stheneur1, M Sznajder2, C Guyot3
1Service de pédiatrie, hôpital Ambroise-Paré, AP-HP, 9, avenue Charles-de-Gaulle, 92100 Boulogne, France; Inserm U669, université Paris-Sud and université Paris Descartes, 75679 Paris, France.
Objectives:
The main objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of psychological distress among adolescents seen in emergency departments, and the secondary objective was to highlight their main reasons for consulting.
Methods:
Cross-sectional study in three multicenter emergency departments receiving adolescents in Île-de-France conducted in 2010. All adolescents completed a questionnaire including the ADRS (Adolescent Depression Rating Scale, a screening questionnaire for depression) and a series of questions relating to somatization and risk behaviors.
Results:
The study included 346 adolescents, 320 of which were fully analyzed. The ADRS score was considered normal (score < 3) for 70.6% of the sample (n = 226), 19.4% of adolescents (n = 62) had moderate depressive symptoms (3 ≤ score < 6), and 10.0% severe depressive symptoms (score ≥ 6) (n = 32). The majority of patients consulted for trauma and less than 10% for acute psychiatric problems; 17% of adolescents who came to the emergency department for a nonpsychiatric reason had an ADRS ≥ 3, i.e., with mental distress.
Conclusion:
The routine use of a self-administered questionnaire in the emergency services could identify adolescents with moderate to severe depressive symptoms.
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