Using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) to screen for child psychiatric disorders in a community sample
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23326007 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Goodman (0000-0001-5596-1667, King's College London), T Ford (0000-0001-5295-4904, King's College London), Henry C Simmons (0009-0000-5738-5771, King's College London), H Simmons, Rebecca Gatward (0000-0002-4588-8344, Office for National Statistics), Howard Meltzer (Office for National Statistics) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 166-172 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Review of Psychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0954-0261 • E-ISSN: 1369-1627 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0954026021000046128 |
| PMID | 12745328 |
| OpenAlex | W2093351359 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 135 |
| References cited | 7 |
Child psychiatric disorders are common and treatable, but often go undetected and therefore remain untreated. To assess the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) as a potential means for improving the detection of child psychiatric disorders in the community, SDQ predictions and independent psychiatric diagnoses were compared in a community sample of 7984 5-15 year olds from the 1999 British Child Mental Health Survey. Multi-informant (parents, teachers, older children) SDQs identified individuals with a psychiatric diagnosis with a specificity of 94.6% (95% Cl, 94.1-95.1%) and a sensitivity of 63.3% (59.7-66.9%). The questionnaires identified over 70% of individuals with conduct, hyperactivity, depressive, and some anxiety disorders, but fewer than 50% of individuals with specific phobias, separation anxiety and eating disorders. Sensitivity was substantially poorer with single-informant rather than multi-informant SDQs. Community screening programmes based on multi-informant SDQs could potentially increase the detection of child psychiatric disorders, thereby improving access to effective treatments.
Anxiety · Anxiety disorder · Medical diagnosis · Mental health · Phobias · Psychiatric assessment · Psychiatric diagnosis · Psychiatry · Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming) · Specific phobia · Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Early Childhood Education and Development · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Psychology
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