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National household surveys using standard diagnostic criteria applied by trained lay interviewers have consistently reported such high rates of psychiatric disorders that clinical significance is difficult to assess. This pair of reports from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement addresses DSM-IV diagnoses and their severity in U.S. adolescents (N=10,148; age range, 13–17), based on subject interviews and parent questionnaires.
Estimates of 1-year and 1-month prevalence of DSM-IV disorders were 40% and 23%, respectively. One-year prevalence was 10% for any mood disorder (bipolar disorder, 2%), 25% for any anxiety disorder (most common: specific phobia, 16%; social phobia, 8%), 16% for any externalizing disorder (m…