Adolescents' mental health during the financial crisis in Greece: The first epidemiological data.

Adolescents' mental health during the financial crisis in Greece: The first epidemiological data. Psychiatriki. 2018 Jul-Sep;29(3):271-274 Authors: Paleologou MP, Anagnostopoulos DC, Lazaratou H, Economou M, Peppou LE, Malliori M Abstract Greek financial crisis has incurred adverse effects on the mental health of the population; however existing research is constrained in the adult population. Therefore, the present study aims to shed light on the mental health state of adolescents during the recession. In this context 2,150 adolescents were recruited from a random and representative sample of public and private schools in the greater Athens area. Mental health problems were assessed with the selfreport Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire while additional questions enquired about students' socio-demographic characteristics. Findings indicate that roughly one out of ten adolescents scored above the cut off point for the total difficulties score, with the higher prevalence been recorded for the conduct problems sub-scale. More specifically, 7.7% of the sample scored above the abnormal cut-off point for the total difficulties score, 10.9% for emotional symptoms, 11.9% for conduct problems, 10.6% for hyperactivity and 4.8% for peer problems. Furthermore, adolescents who reported that during the previous month there was not enough food in their house displayed higher odds of manifesting mental health problems than adolescents who rep...
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