Prevalence and correlates of ADHD among adolescents in a Beirut community sample: Results from the BEI-PSY Study

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dc.contributor.authorGhossoub, Elias
dc.contributor.authorGhandour, Lilian A.
dc.contributor.authorHalabi, Fadi
dc.contributor.authorZeinoun, Pia
dc.contributor.authorShehab, Al Amira Safa
dc.contributor.authorMaalouf, Fadi T.
dc.contributor.departmentPsychiatry
dc.contributor.departmentEpidemiology and Population Health (EPHD)
dc.contributor.facultyFaculty of Medicine (FM)
dc.contributor.facultyFaculty of Health Sciences (FHS)
dc.contributor.facultyFaculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS)
dc.contributor.institutionAmerican University of Beirut
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-24T12:11:52Z
dc.date.available2025-01-24T12:11:52Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractBackground: This study aims to investigate the prevalence, correlates and treatment seeking behavior related to ADHD among adolescents from Lebanon. Methods: Five hundred and ten adolescents were recruited through multistage stratified cluster sampling of households in Beirut, and separately interviewed along with one parent/legal guardian, using the DAWBA. All adolescents completed the PRQ and the SDQ; the parent/legal guardian also completed the SDQ and provided basic demographic information, including attitudes towards seeking mental health services. Results: 10.20% of the adolescents were diagnosed with ADHD. Having ADHD was associated with having academic difficulties and being involved in bullying. Adolescents with ADHD also had higher odds of drinking alcohol, smoking cigarettes, and having comorbid emotional and conduct disorders (compared to those without ADHD). Adolescents with ADHD and their parents reported a higher burden of illness and were more likely to consider seeing a mental health professional than healthy adolescents and their parents. Conclusion: ADHD among adolescents in Lebanon warrants closer attention, mainly increased awareness in the larger public, and stronger commitment to increase treatment resources to the community. © 2017 The Author(s).
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-017-0156-5
dc.identifier.eid2-s2.0-85018474766
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10938/32591
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherBioMed Central Ltd.
dc.relation.ispartofChild and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectAttention deficit disorder with hyperactivity
dc.subjectEpidemiology
dc.subjectLebanon
dc.subjectPatient acceptance of health care
dc.subjectAcademic failure
dc.subjectAdolescent
dc.subjectAdolescent smoking
dc.subjectArticle
dc.subjectAttention deficit disorder
dc.subjectAwareness
dc.subjectBullying
dc.subjectCaregiver burden
dc.subjectComorbidity
dc.subjectConduct disorder
dc.subjectControlled study
dc.subjectCross-sectional study
dc.subjectDevelopment and wellbeing assessment
dc.subjectDisease association
dc.subjectEmotional disorder
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectHelp seeking behavior
dc.subjectHuman
dc.subjectLebanese
dc.subjectLegal guardian
dc.subjectMajor clinical study
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectMental function assessment
dc.subjectMental health service
dc.subjectOppositional defiant disorder
dc.subjectPatient attitude
dc.subjectPeer relation questionnaire
dc.subjectPrevalence
dc.subjectSocial acceptance
dc.subjectStrengths and difficulties questionnaire
dc.subjectUnderage drinking
dc.titlePrevalence and correlates of ADHD among adolescents in a Beirut community sample: Results from the BEI-PSY Study
dc.typeArticle

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