The presence of co-morbid mental health problems in a cohort of adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Maria Elizabeth LoadesT Chalder

Abstract

To report on the prevalence of mental health disorders in adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and to compare the diagnoses identified by a brief clinician-administered psychiatric interview with self-report screening questionnaires. Cross-sectional study. Consecutive attenders to specialist CFS clinics in the United Kingdom. N = 52 adolescents, age 12-18 years with CFS. Self-report questionnaires and a brief structured psychiatric diagnostic interview, administered by a researcher. On the psychiatric interview, 34.6% met a diagnosis of major depressive disorder and 28.8% had an anxiety disorder. Of these, 15% had co-morbid anxiety and depression. Those with a depression diagnosis reported significantly greater interference on the school and social adjustment scale. They also scored significantly higher on trait anxiety, but not on state anxiety. There were no differences between those who had an anxiety disorder and those who did not on fatigue, disability or depressive symptoms. Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) score was associated with a depression diagnosis on the psychiatric interview. However, neither the state nor the trait subscale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) was associated with an anxiet...Continue Reading

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May 23, 2020·Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry·Maria Elizabeth LoadesTrudie Chalder
Apr 14, 2021·Archives of Disease in Childhood·Yasmin MooreEsther M Crawley
Apr 24, 2021·Journal of Psychosomatic Research·M E LoadesK A Rimes

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