Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2018 Apr 12:12:19.
doi: 10.1186/s13034-018-0225-4. eCollection 2018.

Global burden of mental disorders among children aged 5-14 years

Marie Laure Baranne  1 , Bruno Falissard  1
Affiliations

Global burden of mental disorders among children aged 5-14 years

Marie Laure Baranne et al. Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health. .

Abstract

Background: The global burden of disease (GBD) study provides information about fatal and non-fatal health outcomes around the world.

Methods: The objective of this work is to describe the burden of mental disorders among children aged 5-14 years in each of the six regions of the World Health Organisation. Data come from the GBD 2015 study. Outcomes: disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) are the main indicator of GBD studies and are built from years of life lost (YLLs) and years of life lived with disability (YLDs).

Results: Mental disorders are among the leading causes of YLDs and of DALYs in Europe and the Americas. Because of the importance of infectious diseases, mental disorders appear marginal in Africa for YLLs although they play an important role in YLDs there. Because the epidemiological transition that has taken place in Europe and the Americas (i.e., a switch from acute and infectious conditions to chronic and mental health issues) is likely to happen sooner or later across the entire planet, mental health problems in youth are likely to become one of the main public health challenges of the twenty-first century.

Conclusion: These results should improve health care if policy-makers use them to develop health policies to meet the real needs of populations (especially children) today.

Keywords: Burden of disease; Children; Mental health.

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Map of the borders of the WHO regions considered in the GBD 2015 study
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
The five leading level-2 causes of DALY1000 in each WHO region for the 5–14-year age group in 2000 and in 2015. Nt nutritional disorders, UI unintentional injuries, Mt mental and substance use disorders, Rp respiratory diseases, Inf infectious and parasitic diseases, Nt nutritional disease, Ne neurologic disorders, Sk skin diseases, Ed endocrine, blood, immune disorders, Mg malignant neoplasms
Fig. 3
Fig. 3
The five leading level-2 causes of YLDs per 1000 inhabitants in each WHO region for the 5–14-year age group in 2000 and 2015. Nt nutritional disorders, UI unintentional injuries, Mt mental and substance use disorders, Rp respiratory diseases, Inf infectious and parasitic diseases, Nt nutritional disease, Ne neurologic disorders, Sk skin diseases, Ed endocrine, blood, immune disorders, Mg malignant neoplasms
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. WHO | Global health estimates. WHO. http://www.who.int/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/en/. Accessed 11 Sept 2017.
    1. Murray CJ, Lopez AD. Mortality by cause for eight regions of the world: global burden of disease study. Lancet. 1997;349(9061):1269–1276. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)07493-4. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Murray CJ. Quantifying the burden of disease: the technical basis for disability-adjusted life years. Bull World Health Organ. 1994;72(3):429–445. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Erskine HE, Ferrari AJ, Polanczyk GV, Moffitt TE, Murray CJL, Vos T, et al. The global burden of conduct disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in 2010. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2014;55(4):328–336. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.12186. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Global Burden of Disease Pediatrics Collaboration. Kyu HH, Pinho C, Wagner JA, Brown JC, Bertozzi-Villa A, et al. Global and national burden of diseases and injuries among children and adolescents between 1990 and 2013: findings from the global burden of disease 2013 study. JAMA Pediatr. 2016;170(3):267–287. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.4276. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

LinkOut - more resources