@article{316,
  keywords = {Epidemiology, Generalized anxiety disorder, Intervention, Spain, Adolescents, anxiety disorders, comorbidity, Prevalence, Schoolchildren},
  author = {Luis Rojo Moreno and Sergio Arques Egea and José Javier Plumed Domingo and María Antonia Barberá Fons and Javier Castelló Gascó and Lorenzo Livianos Aldana and Natalia Gimeno Clemente},
  title = {Prevalence and comorbidity of generalized anxiety disorder in a sample of Spanish adolescent school children},
  abstract = {The epidemiological data on Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) are relatively scant in children and adolescents. This study attempts to determine the prevalence and comorbidity of GAD in a sample of adolescent schoolchildren from the province of Valencia. The study population, aged from 12 to 16 years(14.04 ± 1.22), came from a series of secondary schools. The study has a crossover design, using a diagnostic interview (K-SADS) conducted by mental health professionals with a single intervention. The prevalence rate for GAD in the final sample of 962 individuals was 3% (2.4% males; 3.7% females). Prevalence was highest for both groups at 14 years of age. Of the participants with GAD, 58% had at least one other psychiatric diagnosis, the most common being another anxiety disorder (48.3%), The prevalence and comorbidity rates found, in the absence of any prior data in our environment, are similar to those described in other settings; therefore, early detection would allow early intervention.},
  year = {2014},
  journal = {Ansiedad y Estrés},
  volume = {20},
  number = {2-3},
  pages = {237-245},
  month = {07/2014},
  publisher = {Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés},
  issn = {1134-7937},
  isbn = {2174-0437},
  note = {Copyright - © 2014, Editores de Ansiedad y Estrés<br/><br/>Fecha de revisión - 20150810<br/><br/>Última actualización - 2016-11-19<br/><br/>SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Anxiety<br/>2834 2835 2842 553 8698 ; Generalized Anxiety Disorder<br/>2449 3526 5144 554 8698 ; Intervention<br/>4467 8698 ; 2950 5094 7586 8250 8698 ; 2599 526 6664 8698},
}