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  • Title: A longitudinal study of general practitioner consultations for psychiatric disorders in adolescence.
    Author: Smeeton N, Wilkinson G, Skuse D, Fry J.
    Journal: Psychol Med; 1992 Aug; 22(3):709-15. PubMed ID: 1410094.
    Abstract:
    Patterns of psychiatric diagnoses given during adolescence to a group of individuals continuously registered with a single general practitioner in South London over 20 years were analysed first during 'early adolescence' and secondly during 'early adulthood'. Psychiatric diagnoses were found to be relatively common. Of the young adolescents who received a psychiatric diagnosis (almost one in ten of the group), 38% received a psychiatric diagnosis as young adults compared with only 16% of the remainder. Comorbidity was found to be very common--over 50% of young adults with a diagnosis of depression also had a diagnosis of anxiety and phobic neuroses. Young people with problems of a psychological nature therefore deserve more attention, particularly from the primary care team.
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