Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Clinical characteristics of depression among adolescent females: a cross-sectional study. | Khalil et al. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2010 4 26 http content 4 1 26 CHILD ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH Open Access Clinical characteristics of depression among adolescent females a cross-sectional study Afaf H Khalil Menan A Rabie Mohamed F Abd-El-Aziz Tarek A Abdou Amany H El-Rasheed Walaa M Sabry Abstract Background Adolescents rarely seek psychiatric help they even hesitate to disclose their feelings to their parents. However the adolescents especially the females experience depressive symptoms more frequently than general population. Do they experience classic depressive symptoms Are there symptoms specific to this subpopulation Aim of the study Through this study the authors aimed to estimate the prevalence of depressive disorders in Egyptian adolescent female students. They also expected a characteristic profile of symptoms for the adolescent females. However available literature provides no guidance in the description of this profile of symptoms. Methods A number of 602 adolescent females were interviewed and subjected to General Health Questionnaire GHQ Children Depression Inventory CDI Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis-I Disorders SCID-I then Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression Ham-D . Results were analyzed by the use of SPSS-15. Results The study revealed the prevalence of depression in the sample of the study to be measured by CDI and measured by SCID-I . Fatigue was the most common presenting depressive symptom in addition to other emotional cognitive and physiological symptoms. Suicidal ideations were the most common suicidal symptoms in depressed adolescent females 20 with serious suicidal attempts. Conclusions The somatic symptoms were by far the most common presenting symptom for female adolescents suffering from depressive disorders. Depressive phenomena including unexplained fatigue decreased energy psychomotor changes lack of concentration weight changes and .
