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. 2022 Jun 1;5(6):e2218981.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.18981.

Prevalence of Poor Mental Health Among Adolescents in Kabul, Afghanistan, as of November 2021

Sayed Jafar Ahmadi  1 , Laura Jobson  2 , Arul Earnest  3 , Daniel McAvoy  4 , Zeinab Musavi  5 , Nasratullah Samim  5 , Sayed Ali Akbar Sarwary  5
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Prevalence of Poor Mental Health Among Adolescents in Kabul, Afghanistan, as of November 2021

Sayed Jafar Ahmadi et al. JAMA Netw Open. .

Abstract

This cross-sectional study assesses the mental health of adolescents in Afghanistan and evaluates their risk of having a psychiatric disorder by age and sex.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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