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Table 4 Prevalence of mental disorders in the study group n = 464 drop-out n = 93 (73 male, 20 female individuals)

From: Prevalence of mental disorders among adolescents in German youth welfare institutions

ICD-10 mental disorder*

Observed prevalence for 464 individuals frequency/%

Observed prevalence for the 140 female participants frequency/%

Observed prevalence for the 324 male participants frequency/%

Estimated** prevalence calculated for all 557 children and adolescents including drop-out

Inconspicuous in the screening

105 (22.6%)

31 (22.1%)

74 (22.8%)

18.9%

No mental disorder but conspicuous in the screening

88 (18.9%)

34 (24.3%)

54 (16.7%)

19.9%

Conduct disorder (F 91 + F 92)

115 (24.8%)

32 (22.9%)

83 (25.6%)

26%

ADHD with conduct disorder (F 90.1)

95 (20.5%)

9 (6.4%)

86 (26.5%)

22%

ADHD (F 90.0)

9 (1.9%)

1 (0.7%)

8 (2.5%)

2%

Depression and Dysthymia (F32 & FF34)

40 (8.6%)

18 (12.9%)

22 (6.8%)

10.4%

Anxiety disorders (F 4)

17 (3.7%)

10 (7.1%)

7 (2.2%)

4.0%

Eating Disorders F 5

2 (0.4%)

2 (1.4%)

0 (0.0%)

0.4%

Substance abuse (F 1)

39 (8.4%)

4 (2.9%)

35 (10.8%)

8.8%

Enuresis (F 98.0)

26 (5.6%)

8 (5.7%)

18 (5.5%)

6%

Encopresis (fF 98.1)

8 (1.7%)

1 (0.7%)

7 (2.2%)

1.8%

Tic-disorder (F 95)

8 (1.7%)

0 (0.0%)

8 (2.5%)

1.8%

mentally retarded (F70)

6 (1.3%)

3 (2.1%)

3 (0.9%)

1.4%

Any mental disorder

265 (57.1%)

72 (51.4%)

193 (59.6%)

59.9%