机构：[1]Beijing Children's Hospital, National Center for Children Healthy, Capital Medical University, 56 Nanlishi Road, Beijing, 100101, China.职能科室临床流行病与循证医学中心首都医科大学附属北京儿童医院[2]Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.[3]Department of Psychiatry, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.[4]Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing, China.[5]Sixth Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China.[6]Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, 5 Ankang Hutong, Beijing, 100101, China. .
Improving the mental health of children and adolescents is a critical priority in China. However, only minimal information is available concerning the prevalence of mental disorders. In the present study, a two-stage national survey has been completed in five regions of China. In the first stage, data from the Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) were collected for each participant to identify the prevalence of the behavioral and emotional problems in China. A multistage cluster stratified random sampling design was used, and a total of 71,929 individuals aged 6-16 years were collected. In this large cohort, 36,893 (49.86%) were males, and 49,015 (66.24%) were living in urban communities. Overall, 17.6% (90% confidence interval 17.4%, 17.9%) of the children and adolescents were identified as having behavioral and emotional problems. Moreover, age and sex effect was found for the CBCL scores. The boys' cohort had a higher prevalence of behavioral and emotional problems than girls (18.6% versus 16.6%). In the older cohort aged 12-16, the prevalence was higher than for the younger cohort aged 6-11 (19.0% versus 15.9%). Notably, it seems that the prevalence of the behavioral and emotional problems for children and adolescents had a rise in the past 30 years, but the scarcity of pediatric psychiatrists in China needs to be addressed. To reduce the behavioral and emotional problems, the whole society, including mental health providers, educators, and parents, needs to focus on and pay more attention to it. It will have long-term benefits for China.
基金：
This study was supported by the National Key Technology R&D Program of China (Project identification code: 2012BAI01B02). Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University.
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大类|2 区医学
小类|2 区儿科3 区精神病学
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大类|2 区医学
小类|2 区儿科2 区精神病学3 区心理学：发育
第一作者：
第一作者机构：[1]Beijing Children's Hospital, National Center for Children Healthy, Capital Medical University, 56 Nanlishi Road, Beijing, 100101, China.
通讯作者：
通讯机构：[1]Beijing Children's Hospital, National Center for Children Healthy, Capital Medical University, 56 Nanlishi Road, Beijing, 100101, China.[6]Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, 5 Ankang Hutong, Beijing, 100101, China. .
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714)：
Cui Yonghua,Li Fenghua,Leckman James F,et al.The prevalence of behavioral and emotional problems among Chinese school children and adolescents aged 6-16: a national survey.[J].European child & adolescent psychiatry.2020,doi:10.1007/s00787-020-01507-6.
APA：
Cui Yonghua,Li Fenghua,Leckman James F,Guo Lanting,Ke Xiaoyan...&Li Ying.(2020).The prevalence of behavioral and emotional problems among Chinese school children and adolescents aged 6-16: a national survey..European child & adolescent psychiatry,,
MLA：
Cui Yonghua,et al."The prevalence of behavioral and emotional problems among Chinese school children and adolescents aged 6-16: a national survey.".European child & adolescent psychiatry .(2020)
