TY - JOUR
T1 - The israel survey of mental health among adolescents
T2 - Aims and methods
AU - Mansbach-Kleinfeld, Ivonne
AU - Levinson, Daphna
AU - Farbstein, Ilana
AU - Apter, Alan
AU - Levav, Itzhak
AU - Kanaaneh, Rasim
AU - Stein, Nechama
AU - Erhard, Rachel
AU - Palti, Hava
AU - Khwaled, Razek
AU - Ponizovsky, Alexander M.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The Israel Survey of Mental Health among Adolescents (ISMEHA) aimed to ascertain the prevalence of selected mental disorders and patterns of comorbidity; service utilization and unmet needs; health and sociodemographic covariates; and risk and protective factors. This paper reviews the methods used and discusses the strengths and limitations of the survey. Method: The ISMEHA was a cross-sectional survey that included 957 Israeli adolescents, representative of the adolescent population aged 14-17 years. The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, Hebrew version (SDQ-H), the Development and Well-Being Assessment (DAWBA) inventory, services utilization, health status and sociodemographic questions were administered to adolescents and their mothers at the respondents' homes between January 2004 and March 2005. Results: The overall response rate was 68.2%, and it varied by gender and type of locality. Among boys, 71.3% responded, as compared to 65.2% among girls. The response rate among adolescents living in a Jewish or mixed city was 62.5% as compared to 89.6% among adolescents living in an exclusively Arab-populated city. Conclusions: The ISMEHA allows the creation of a unique and comprehensive database informing on the prevalence, burden, services utilization and unmet needs of adolescents with psychiatric disorders. These data will enable policymakers to more rationally plan services and prevention programs for the target population.
AB - The Israel Survey of Mental Health among Adolescents (ISMEHA) aimed to ascertain the prevalence of selected mental disorders and patterns of comorbidity; service utilization and unmet needs; health and sociodemographic covariates; and risk and protective factors. This paper reviews the methods used and discusses the strengths and limitations of the survey. Method: The ISMEHA was a cross-sectional survey that included 957 Israeli adolescents, representative of the adolescent population aged 14-17 years. The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, Hebrew version (SDQ-H), the Development and Well-Being Assessment (DAWBA) inventory, services utilization, health status and sociodemographic questions were administered to adolescents and their mothers at the respondents' homes between January 2004 and March 2005. Results: The overall response rate was 68.2%, and it varied by gender and type of locality. Among boys, 71.3% responded, as compared to 65.2% among girls. The response rate among adolescents living in a Jewish or mixed city was 62.5% as compared to 89.6% among adolescents living in an exclusively Arab-populated city. Conclusions: The ISMEHA allows the creation of a unique and comprehensive database informing on the prevalence, burden, services utilization and unmet needs of adolescents with psychiatric disorders. These data will enable policymakers to more rationally plan services and prevention programs for the target population.
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AN - SCOPUS:79551542829
SN - 0333-7308
VL - 47
SP - 244
EP - 253
JO - Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences
JF - Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences
IS - 4
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